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H.R. 3799: Reuniting Families Act

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H.R. 3799: Reuniting Families Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-17 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Reuniting Families Act

Plain summary

Reuniting Families Act This bill makes various immigration law changes, such as increasing the annual caps for certain immigrant visas and establishing that permanent partners are generally treated as spouses. The bill also expands which familial relationships are considered as immediate family and therefore not subject to annual limits, repeals specified bars from admission for unlawfully present aliens, and limits what constitutes a misrepresentation of citizenship status—a deportable offense—by requiring a willful misrepresentation.

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Official text

Reuniting Families Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] · 78 cosponsors

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Gwen Moore (D-WI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Adam Smith (D-WA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Jason Crow (D-CO), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY) and 18 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3799 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116