HR 3799
116th Congress
House
Immigration
Administrative remedies
Asia
Business investment and capital
Caribbean area
Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal justice information and records
Cuba
Department of Homeland Security
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Philippines
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Reuniting Families Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 12, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jul 17, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 17, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Committees of jurisdiction
2