Reuniting Families Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6565 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6565 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2025 Ms. Chu (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Carson, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Crockett, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Frost, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Gomez, Mrs. Grijalva, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Omar, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velazquez, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Reuniting Families Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--REDUCING FAMILY-BASED VISA BACKLOGS AND PROMOTING FAMILY REUNIFICATION Sec. 101. Recapture of immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delay. Sec. 102. Reclassification of spouses, permanent partners, and minor children of legal permanent residents as immediate relatives. Sec. 103. Country limits. Sec. 104. Promoting family unity. Sec. 105. Relief for orphans, widows, and widowers. Sec. 106. Exemption from immigrant vis