House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Reuniting Families Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5560.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 151, September 19, 2023, Page H4408):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity by recapturing unused visas, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 229 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5560, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5560
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
41 cosponsors — 41 Democrats
0 of 41 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Greg Casar (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.
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- H.R. 4326 (118th) PRIDE Act of 2023
- H.R. 4897 (118th) Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2023
- H.R. 9244 (118th) NO BAN Act
- H.R. 6961 (118th) Nutrition CARE Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.