I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4384 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide protected status 
for certain aliens present in the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2017 
Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. 
LOFGREN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. LEE, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. CORREA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
protected status for certain aliens present in the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Act to Sustain the 
Protection of Immigrant Residents Earned through TPS 
Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘ASPIRE–TPS Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
PROTECTED 
STATUS 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
ALIENS 
PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 
The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 244 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 244A. PROTECTED STATUS FOR CERTAIN ALIENS 
PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, including section 244(h), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall grant protected status under this 
section to an alien who meets the eligibility requirements 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The eligibility 
requirements are the following: 
‘‘(1) On January 1, 2017, the alien had been 
granted or was eligible for Deferred Enforced De-
parture or for temporary protected status under sec-
tion 244. 
‘‘(2) The alien has continuously resided in the 
United States for the 5-year period prior to the date 
of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(3) The alien is admissible as an immigrant, 
except as otherwise provided under paragraph (2)(A) 
of section 244, and is not ineligible under paragraph 
(2)(B) of such section, except that in making such 
a determination, no conviction for a misdemeanor 
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which conviction occurred earlier than 6 years prior 
to the date on which the alien applies for status, or 
a renewal of such status, under this section may be 
considered. 
‘‘(4) To the extent and in a manner which the 
Secretary establishes, the alien registers for the pro-
tected status under this section during a registration 
period of not less than one year. 
‘‘(c) DURATION OF STATUS.—Protected status under 
this section shall be for a period of 6 years, and may be 
renewed for additional 6-year periods. An alien seeking to 
renew protected status under this section shall re-register 
with the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) NOTICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the first day of the registration period under 
subsection (b)(4), the Secretary shall provide each 
alien who was granted temporary protected status 
under section 244 or Deferred Enforced Departure 
with information concerning protected status under 
this section. 
‘‘(2) REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
promptly notify any alien against whom removal 
proceedings are initiated who is a national of a 
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