US Congress Senate Bill 821 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-2-1)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2512-2514)
Pending: Senate Judiciary 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 "permanent partnership" as the relationship existing between two permanent partners.

Uniting American Families Act of 2011

Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]
Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2512-2514)
2011-04-14	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2511-2512)

HB1537 (Related) 2011-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
HB1796 (Related) 2011-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/821/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s821/BILLS-112s821is.pdf