US Congress House Bill 4303 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 108-0)
Status: Introduced on September 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-02 - 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.

Bahamas TPS Act of 2019

Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-09-12	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-09-12	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-09-12	House	Introduced in House

SB2478 (Related) 2019-09-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB4272 (Related) 2019-09-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4303/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4303/BILLS-116hr4303ih.pdf