S. 3419 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Dec 10, 2025
119th Congress
1st SessionS. 3419
1st SessionS. 3419
A BILL
Reuniting Families Act
In the SenateNo vote yet
Sponsor: Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) · Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Immigration · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Dec 10, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.”
Sections
Sections · 1
Title I — Reducing family-based visa backlogs and promoting family reunification · 13
- Sec. 101Recapture of immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delayNo change
- Sec. 102Reclassification of spouses, permanent partners, and minor children of legal permanent residents as immediate relativesNo change
- Sec. 103Country limitsNo change
- Sec. 104Promoting family unityNo change
- Sec. 105Relief for orphans, widows, and widowersNo change
- Sec. 106Exemption from immigrant visa limit for certain veterans who are natives of the PhilippinesNo change
- Sec. 107Fiancée child status protectionNo change
- Sec. 108Equal treatment for all stepchildrenNo change
- Sec. 109Retention of priority datesNo change
- Sec. 110Relief for spouses and children on other visasNo change
- Sec. 111Extension of the application period for certain aliens present in the United States for adjustment of statusNo change
- Sec. 112Expansion of cancellation of removalNo change
- Sec. 113Prohibition on removal of aliens with pending applicationsNo change
Title II — Uniting American Families Act · 23
- Sec. 201Definitions of permanent partner and permanent partnershipNo change
- Sec. 202Definition of childNo change
- Sec. 203Numerical limitations on individual foreign statesNo change
- Sec. 204Allocation of immigrant visasNo change
- Sec. 205Procedure for granting immigrant statusNo change
- Sec. 206Annual admission of refugees and admission of emergency situation refugeesNo change
- Sec. 207AsylumNo change
- Sec. 208Adjustment of status of refugeesNo change
- Sec. 209Inadmissible aliensNo change
- Sec. 210Nonimmigrant status for permanent partners awaiting the availability of an immigrant visaNo change
- Sec. 211Derivative status for permanent partners of nonimmigrant visa holdersNo change
- Sec. 212Conditional permanent resident status for certain alien spouses, permanent partners, and sons and daughtersNo change
- Sec. 213Conditional permanent resident status for certain alien entrepreneurs, spouses, permanent partners, and childrenNo change
- Sec. 214Deportable aliensNo change
- Sec. 215Removal proceedingsNo change
- Sec. 216Cancellation of removal; adjustment of statusNo change
- Sec. 217Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for permanent residenceNo change
- Sec. 218Application of criminal penalties for misrepresentation and concealment of facts regarding permanent partnershipsNo change
- Sec. 219Requirements as to residence, good moral character, attachment to the principles of the ConstitutionNo change
- Sec. 220Naturalization for permanent partners of citizensNo change
- Sec. 221Application of family unity provisions to permanent partners of certain LIFE Act beneficiariesNo change
- Sec. 222Application to Cuban Adjustment ActNo change
- Sec. 223Nationality at birthNo change