House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Partner with Korea Act
Official title: To provide high-skilled visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4687.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3648):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4687, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4687
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 2026). 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
14 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 14 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Dave Min (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Young Kim.
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- H.R. 1479 (119th) Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 4233 (119th) ARMOR Act
- H.R. 2201 (119th) Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.