House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Colleen Hanabusa D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 966.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HANABUSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H983):Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power `` [t]o establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization . . . throughout the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 177 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 966, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/966
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Michael Honda (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Colleen Hanabusa.
- H.R. 111 (113th) Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 1855 (113th) To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines…
- H.R. 912 (113th) Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2013
- H.R. 1222 (113th) Compact-Impact Aid Act of 2013
- H.R. 110 (113th) To require the Secretary of the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos that they performed military service on…
- H.R. 810 (113th) To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding under a continuing resolution, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.