House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Korean American Divided Families National Registry Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2024
- Committee actionFeb 6, 2024
- Passed HouseJun 25, 2024 · 375–8
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7152.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7152, Divided Families National Registry Act” on February 15, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 6, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 15, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59980
- CBO publication date
- February 15, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7152, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7152
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 17, January 30, 2024, Page H317):Spending Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would create a national registry of separated Korean-Americans to facilitate reunification with their families in North Korea. The bill also encourages a dialogue between North Korea and the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 306 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7152, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7152
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Young Kim (R-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Michelle Steel (R-CA).
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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.