US Congress House Bill 4272 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 57-0)
Status: Introduced on September 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Designates the Bahamas as a temporary protected status (TPS) country for 18 months from the enactment of this bill. (Qualified nationals of a TPS-designated country shall have work authorization and may not be removed from the United States while the designation is in effect.) A Bahamian national shall qualify for temporary protected status if the individual (1) has been continuously physically present in the United States since the bill's enactment, (2) meets certain admissibility and eligibility requirements generally required for such status, and (3) registers with the Department of Homeland Security.

TPS for Victims of Hurricane Dorian Act of 2019

Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-09-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-09-10	House	Introduced in House

HB4303 (Related) 2019-10-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
SB2478 (Related) 2019-09-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4272/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4272/BILLS-116hr4272ih.pdf