H.R. 5880: Family Reunification Act of 2010
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H.R. 5880: Family Reunification Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-27 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Djou, Charles K. [R-HI-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Family Reunification Act of 2010
Plain summary
Family Reunification Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the eligibility criteria for V-visa nonimmigrants (spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents who come to the United States to wait for completion of the immigrant visa process) to: (1) replace the current petition filing date of on or before the date of the enactment of the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act with a filing deadline of December 21, 2010; (2) require that such petition has been pending for more than 540 days (3 years under current law); and (3) require that for an approved petition, more than 540 days (3 years under current law) have elapsed since the petition's filing and no visa is available or the petition remains pending.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Family Reunification Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Djou, Charles K. [R-HI-1] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5880.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr5880 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111