House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Reuniting Families Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 1, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4798.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HONDA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 43, March 17, 2016, Page H1463):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4798, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 August 12, 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
91 cosponsors — 91 Democrats
0 of 91 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA) and 61 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.