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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3510

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 

NOVEMBER 18, 2003

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 2003’’. 

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) National elections to create a freely elected 

13 government may still be several years away. 

14 (5) An insurgency group, the Front for the Lib15 eration of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), remains 

16 active in Cabinda province, where Amnesty Inter17 national has reported instances of human rights 

18 abuses such as indiscriminate killings, setting fire to 

19 villages, and rape. 

20 (6) The Department of State has identified An21 gola as a place of ‘‘considerable risk’’ for travel, due 

22 to banditry, extensive use of land mines during the 

23 war, and poor government infrastructure and secu24 rity capabilities. 
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1 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

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

3 difficulties facing the Angolan people in the aftermath of 

4 their civil war, Angola qualifies for designation under sec5 tion 244(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

6 (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(A)), pursuant to which Angolan 

7 nationals would be eligible for temporary protected status 

8 in the United States. 

9 SEC. 4. DESIGNATION FOR PURPOSES OF GRANTING TEM10 PORARY PROTECTED STATUS TO ANGOLANS. 

11 (a) DESIGNATION.—

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

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

14 1254a), Angola shall be treated as if it had been 

15 designated under subsection (b) of that section, sub16 ject to the provisions of this section. 

17 (2) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.—The initial pe18 riod of such designation shall begin on the date of 

19 enactment of this Act and shall remain in effect for 

20 1 year. 

21 (b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE.—In applying section 244 of 

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

23 pursuant to the designation made under this section, sub24 ject to section 244(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nation25 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(3)), an alien who is a na-
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1 tional of Angola meets the requirements of section 

2 244(c)(1) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(1)) only if—

3 (1) the alien has been continuously physically 

4 present in the United States since the date of enact5 ment of this Act; 

6 (2) the alien is admissible as an immigrant, ex7 cept as otherwise provided under section 

8 244(c)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 

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

10 for temporary protected status under section 

11 244(c)(2)(B) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B)); 

12 and 

13 (3) the alien registers for temporary protected 

14 status in a manner that the Secretary of Homeland 

15 Security shall establish. 

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

17 of Homeland Security shall give the prior consent to travel 

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

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

20 who is granted temporary protected status pursuant to the 

21 designation made under this section, if the alien estab22 lishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Homeland Se23 curity that emergency and extenuating circumstances be24 yond the control of the alien require the alien to depart 

25 for a brief, temporary trip abroad. An alien returning to 
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1 the United States in accordance with such an authoriza2 tion shall be treated the same as any other returning alien 

3 provided temporary protected status under section 244 of 

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

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