- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +37
- Latest action
- Dec 10, 2025
What it does
The Reuniting Families Act aims to reduce family-based visa backlogs and promote family reunification by recapturing unused immigrant visas from bureaucratic delays and reclassifying spouses, permanent partners, and minor children of legal permanent residents as immediate relatives. It also seeks to address visa availability by recapturing unused visas from fiscal years 1992 through 2025 and exempting certain aliens with approved petitions pending for over ten years from numerical limits. The bill affects individuals seeking family-sponsored immigration, particularly those facing long wait times due to visa backlogs and country caps.
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Judy Chu
- Adam Smith
- Adelita Grijalva
- Adriano Espaillat
- André Carson
- Becca Balint
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Delia Ramirez
- Doris Matsui
- Eleanor Norton
- Grace Meng
- Henry Johnson
- Ilhan Omar
- James McGovern
- Janice Schakowsky
- Jasmine Crockett
- Jennifer McClellan
- Jerrold Nadler
- Jill Tokuda
- Jimmy Gomez
- Joaquin Castro
- Juan Vargas
- Kevin Mullin
- Lateefah Simon
- Linda Sánchez
- Mark Takano
- Maxwell Frost
- Melanie Stansbury
- Mike Quigley
- Nanette Barragán
- Nydia Velázquez
- Pramila Jayapal
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Robert Garcia
- Robert Scott
- Shri Thanedar
- Suzan DelBene
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Sylvia Garcia
- Ted Lieu
- Yassamin Ansari
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.