# 119-hr-6565: Reuniting Families Act 119-hr-6565, Reuniting Families Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6565 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-6565 - Congress: 119 - Title: Reuniting Families Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-12-10 - Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA) - Cosponsors: 40 - Policy area: Immigration - Touches household money: no - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **Expands family-based immigration and modernizes who counts as family.** This bill would recapture unused immigrant visas, change country limits, and extend many immigration benefits to permanent partners and surviving relatives. ## Cosponsors (40) - Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2026-01-06T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Easier cancellation of removal: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would expand who can get cancellation of removal by lowering the continuous physical presence requirement from 10 years to 7 years and by broadening the definition of extreme hardship. It would create an affirmative application process so DHS can cancel removal and adjust statu… - More family and visa slots: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would raise how many visas go to any one country (to 20% for a single state and 5% for others). It would increase family and employment visa totals by adding carryforward and recaptured unused visas, and raise the Diversity Visa cap from 55,000 to 80,000. The bill would make pr… - Faster refugee family reunions: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a new Priority 3 pathway to reunite refugees with close relatives and prioritizes those cases at U.S. posts. It would require most refugee screening and decisions within one year, except for rare national security delays when DHS already finds the applicant meets r… - Stay of removal while cases proceed: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar removal of people who are beneficiaries of certain immigrant petitions or applicants for specified nonimmigrant or special immigrant statuses while those petitions or appeals are pending, as long as they are prima facie eligible. It would allow filing and fee-free mot… - Work permits for some H spouses: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DHS to authorize employment for a spouse or child over age 16 who is admitted under certain H-category rules and is accompanying or following to join the principal H nonimmigrant. DHS would provide an "employment authorized" endorsement or other appropriate work p… - Permanent partners and parentage rules: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would add a new legal category called "permanent partner" and treat such partners like spouses in many immigration rules. It would set rules on how to prove a permanent partnership and expand which children count as dependents for those partners. It would also broaden who is tr… - New bars and a young-person exception: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would make willful misrepresentation of U.S. citizenship a ground for inadmissibility or deportability but would not apply that rule to someone who was under 21 when they lied. The bill would also change reentry bars for people previously removed: some returning within 5 years… ## Related bills - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026 - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act - 119-hr-15: Equality Act ## Sources - [119-hr-6565 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6565) ## Related - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20) - [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390) - [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6565 (as of 2026-04-21).