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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4272 

To designate The Bahamas under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of The Bahamas to be eligible for temporary 

protected status, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Ms. PLASKETT, and Ms. LEE of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To designate The Bahamas under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of The 

Bahamas to be eligible for temporary protected status, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘TPS for Victims of 

5 Hurricane Dorian Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION FOR PURPOSES OF GRANTING TEM2 PORARY PROTECTED STATUS TO NATIONALS 

3 OF THE BAHAMAS. 

4 (a) DESIGNATION.— 

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

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

7 1254a), The Bahamas shall be treated as if it had 

8 been designated under subsection (b) of that section, 

9 subject to the provisions of this section. 

10 (2) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.—The initial pe11 riod of the designation referred to in paragraph (1) 

12 shall be for the 18-month period beginning on the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act. 

14 (b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE.—As a result of the designa15 tion made under subsection (a), an alien who is a national 

16 of The Bahamas is deemed to satisfy the requirements 

17 under paragraph (1) of section 244(c) of the Immigration 

18 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)), subject to para19 graph (3) of such section, if the alien— 

20 (1) has been continuously physically present in 

21 the United States since the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act; 

23 (2) is admissible as an immigrant, except as 

24 otherwise provided in paragraph (2)(A) of such sec25 tion, and is not ineligible for temporary protected 

26 status under paragraph (2)(B) of such section; and 


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1 (3) registers for temporary protected status in 

2 a manner established by the Secretary of Homeland 

3 Security. 

4 (c) CONSENT TO TRAVEL ABROAD.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

6 Security shall give prior consent to travel abroad, in 

7 accordance with section 244(f)(3) of the Immigra8 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(f)(3)), to 

9 an alien who is granted temporary protected status 

10 pursuant to the designation made under subsection 

11 (a) if the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the 

12 Secretary of Homeland Security that emergency and 

13 extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the 

14 alien require the alien to depart for a brief, tem15 porary trip abroad. 

16 (2) TREATMENT UPON RETURN.—An alien re17 turning to the United States in accordance with an 

18 authorization described in paragraph (1) shall be 

19 treated as any other returning alien provided tem20 porary protected status under section 244 of the Im21 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a). 

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