US Congress House Bill 1537 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 143-2)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Uniting American Families Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include a "permanent partner" within the scope of such Act. Defines a "permanent partner" as an individual 18 or older who: (1) is in a committed, intimate relationship with another individual 18 or older in which both individuals intend a lifelong commitment; (2) is financially interdependent with the other individual; (3) is not married to, or in a permanent partnership with, anyone other than the individual; (4) is unable to contract with the other individual a marriage cognizable under this Act; and (5) is not a first, second, or third degree blood relation of the other individual. Defines: (1) "permanent partnership" as the relationship existing between two permanent partners, and (2) "alien permanent partner" as the individual in a permanent partnership who is being sponsored for a visa.

Uniting American Families Act of 2011

Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]
Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]
Rep. David Wu [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
2011-04-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB821 (Related) 2011-04-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2512-2514)
HB1796 (Related) 2011-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1537/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1537/BILLS-112hr1537ih.pdf