US Congress House Bill 2604 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: Introduced on May 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

TPS Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the criteria for designation of a foreign state as eligible to have its citizens be given temporary protected status (TPS) in the United States. Such revisions include the following: (1) such a foreign state shall be designated by an Act of Congress rather than by the Department of Justice; (2) such Act must find that an environmental disaster in such a foreign state is immediately life-threatening; (3) such Act may provide for early termination of a foreign state's designation; (4) such Act shall include an estimate of the number of a foreign state's nationals who are TPS eligible, their U.S. immigration status, and a time period for the effectiveness of the designation of not more than 18 months; and (5) an alien lacking lawful immigration status shall be ineligible for TPS.

TPS Reform Act of 2017

Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-05-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-05-23	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2604/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2604/BILLS-115hr2604ih.pdf