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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 334 

To designate Angola under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act in order to make nationals of Angola eligible for temporary protected 

status under such section. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2005 

Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To designate Angola under section 244 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act in order to make nationals of Angola 

eligible for temporary protected status under such section. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Angolan Temporary 

5 Protected Status Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 
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1 (1) Angola has just recently emerged from 41 

2 years of conflict, including a 14-year struggle for 

3 independence followed by 27 years of civil war. 

(2) As much as 1 4 ⁄3 of the population of Angola 

5 was displaced by warfare and now needs to be reset6 tled, amounting to some 4,000,000 internal and ex7 ternal refugees. 

8 (3) The government established by the Lukasa 

9 Protocol is currently struggling to meet the needs of 

10 its people in the face of continued unrest and food 

11 shortages. 

12 (4) Daily conditions throughout the country 

13 mirror the collapse of administrative infrastructure 

14 as well as weak social institutions; hospitals are 

15 without medicines or basic equipment, schools are 

16 without books, and public employees often lack the 

17 basic supplies for day-to-day work. 

18 (5) National elections to create a freely elected 

19 government may still be several years away. 

20 (6) An insurgency group, the Front for the Lib21 eration of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), remains 

22 active in Cabinda province, where Amnesty Inter23 national has reported instances of human rights 

24 abuses such as indiscriminate killings, setting fire to 

25 villages, and rape. 
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1 (7) The Department of State has identified An2 gola as a place of ‘‘considerable risk’’ for travel, due 

3 to banditry, extensive use of land mines during the 

4 war, and poor government infrastructure and secu5 rity capabilities. 

6 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of the Congress that, in view of the 

8 difficulties facing the Angolan people in the aftermath of 

9 their civil war, Angola qualifies for designation under sec10 tion 244(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

11 (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(A)), pursuant to which Angolan 

12 nationals would be eligible for temporary protected status 

13 in the United States. 

14 SEC. 4. DESIGNATION FOR PURPOSES OF GRANTING TEM15 PORARY PROTECTED STATUS TO ANGOLANS. 

16 (a) DESIGNATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 244 

18 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

19 1254a), Angola shall be treated as if it had been 

20 designated under subsection (b) of that section, sub21 ject to the provisions of this section. 

22 (2) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.—The initial pe23 riod of such designation shall begin on the date of 

24 enactment of this Act and shall remain in effect for 

25 1 year. 
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1 (b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE.—In applying section 244 of 

2 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a) 

3 pursuant to the designation made under this section, sub4 ject to section 244(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nation5 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(3)), an alien who is a na6 tional of Angola meets the requirements of section 

7 244(c)(1) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(1)) only if— 

8 (1) the alien has been continuously physically 

9 present in the United States since the date of enact10 ment of this Act; 

11 (2) the alien is admissible as an immigrant, ex12 cept as otherwise provided under section 

13 244(c)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 

14 Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(A)), and is not ineligible 

15 for temporary protected status under section 

16 244(c)(2)(B) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B)); 

17 and 

18 (3) the alien registers for temporary protected 

19 status in a manner that the Secretary of Homeland 

20 Security shall establish. 

21 (c) CONSENT TO TRAVEL ABROAD.—The Secretary 

22 of Homeland Security shall give the prior consent to travel 

23 abroad described in section 244(f)(3) of the Immigration 

24 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(f)(3)) to an alien 

25 who is granted temporary protected status pursuant to the 
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1 designation made under this section, if the alien estab2 lishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Homeland Se3 curity that emergency and extenuating circumstances be4 yond the control of the alien require the alien to depart 

5 for a brief, temporary trip abroad. An alien returning to 

6 the United States in accordance with such an authoriza7 tion shall be treated the same as any other returning alien 

8 provided temporary protected status under section 244 of 

9 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a). 

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