House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Korean American Divided Families National Registry Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of State to establish a national registry of Korean American divided families, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1273.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H678):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1273, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1273
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 1, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
16 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 16 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Young Kim (R-CA), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Dave Min (D-CA), James Moylan (R-GU), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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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.