HR 4944
115th Congress
House
Reuniting Families Act
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes.
Immigration
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Feb 6, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 6, 2018
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Reuniting Families Act
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to
- recapture unused employment-based and family-sponsored visas from FY1992-FY2016;
- reclassify spouses, permanent partners, minor children, and stepchildren of permanent residents as immediate relatives;
- repeal the per-country immigration limits;
- repeal specified bars to reentry and allow waivers of inadmissibility to promote family unity;
- exempt children of naturalized Filipino veterans from immigration limitations; and
- allow relatives of a deceased alien to maintain visa eligibility.
The bill defines "permanent partner" to purposes of applying the INA to LGBT families and individuals.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
43
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Pocan, Mark
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Pelosi, Nancy
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Welch, Peter
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Pingree, Chellie
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Espaillat, Adriano
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Raskin, Jamie
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
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Sánchez, Linda T.
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
O'Rourke, Beto
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Sewell, Terri A.
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
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Bonamici, Suzanne
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Clark, Katherine M.
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Clarke, Yvette D.
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Correa, J. Luis
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Gomez, Jimmy
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Green, Al
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
Hanabusa, Colleen
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Jayapal, Pramila
D
Khanna, Ro
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
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Lieu, Ted
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Lofgren, Zoe
D
Matsui, Doris O.
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McGovern, James P.
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Meng, Grace
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Moore, Gwen
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Nadler, Jerrold
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
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Pallone, Frank
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Quigley, Mike
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
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Schiff, Adam B.
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
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Smith, Adam
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Soto, Darren
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Takano, Mark
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Vargas, Juan
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Veasey, Marc A.
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
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Wilson, Frederica S.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4944: Reuniting Families Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4944/
"H.R. 4944: Reuniting Families Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4944/.
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