HR 1689
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
Summary
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months beginning August 3, 2025. (Eligible nationals of a TPS-designated country may obtain employment authorization, may not be detained on the basis of their immigration status, and are not subject to removal while they retain TPS.)
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Laura Gillen [D-NY-4]
- Cosponsors
- 8
- Policy area
- International Affairs
- Introduced
- 2025-02-27
- Latest action
- 2026-04-21: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2026-04-21: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
- 2026-04-20: Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- 2026-04-17: Received in the Senate.
- 2026-04-16: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-04-16: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 204 (Roll no. 120). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2940)