House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2025
Official title: To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ed Case D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1053.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Page H556):Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1053, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1053
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
13 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 9 Democrats
4 of 13 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Mark Takano (D-CA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ed Case.
- H.R. 4219 (119th) National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 24 (119th) Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha I.
- H.R. 3332 (119th) Pacific Partnership Act
- H.Res. 1593 (119th) Recognizing the month of October 2026 as Filipino American History Month and celebrating the history and culture of Filipino Americans and…
- H.Res. 774 (119th) Expressing support for the recognition of the month of October 2025 as Filipino American History Month and celebrating the history and…
- H.R. 562 (119th) BLUE Pacific Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.