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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3899 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the procedure 
to designate a foreign state, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2019 
Mr. BROOKS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. GOSAR) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify 
the procedure to designate a foreign state, 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 ‘‘TPS Reform Act of 
2019’’. 
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 
(a) POWER TO DESIGNATE A FOREIGN STATE.—Sec-
tion 244(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1254a(b)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) INITIAL DESIGNATION.—For purposes of 
this section, a foreign state shall be designated upon 
the enactment of an Act that satisfies the following 
requirements: 
‘‘(A) The Act shall contain a finding— 
‘‘(i) that there is an ongoing armed 
conflict within the state and, due to such 
conflict, requiring the return of aliens who 
are nationals of that state (or to the part 
of the state) would pose a serious threat to 
their personal safety; 
‘‘(ii) that— 
‘‘(I) there has been an earth-
quake, flood, drought, epidemic, or 
other immediately life-threatening en-
vironmental disaster in the state re-
sulting in a substantial, but tem-
porary, disruption of living conditions 
in the area affected; 
‘‘(II) the foreign state is unable, 
temporarily, to handle adequately the 
return to the state of aliens who are 
nationals of the state; and 
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‘‘(III) the foreign state officially 
has requested designation under this 
subparagraph; or 
‘‘(iii) that there exist extraordinary 
and temporary conditions in the foreign 
state that prevent aliens who are nationals 
of the state from returning to the state in 
safety and that permitting the aliens to re-
main temporarily in the United States is 
not contrary to the national interest of the 
United States. 
‘‘(B) The Act shall include— 
‘‘(i) an estimate of the number of na-
tionals of the foreign state who are (or 
within the effective period of the designa-
tion are likely to become) eligible for tem-
porary protected status under this section; 
‘‘(ii) such nationals’ immigration sta-
tus in the United States; and 
‘‘(iii) a time period for the effective-
ness of the designation that is not greater 
than 18 months. 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(A) TIMELY TERMINATION.—If an initial 
designation of a foreign state is not extended 
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under paragraph (3), the initial designation 
shall terminate at the end of the time period 
described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii). 
‘‘(B) EARLY TERMINATION.—For purposes 
of this section, the designation of a foreign 
state shall be terminated upon the enactment of 
an Act that contains a finding that the foreign 
state (or part of such foreign state) no longer 
meets the conditions for designation under 
paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(3) EXTENSION.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the time period for the effectiveness of the des-
ignation of a foreign state shall be extended upon 
the enactment of an Act that includes— 
‘‘(A) a finding that the conditions for des-
ignation under paragraph (1)(A) continue to be 
met; and 
‘‘(B) a time period for the effectiveness of 
the extension that is not greater than 12 
months.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘of the At-
torney General’’ and inserting ‘‘made in any Act’’. 
(b) ALIENS LACKING LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STA-
TUS.—Section 244(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B)) is amended— 
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(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) the alien lacks a lawful immigra-
tion status.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 244 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘If the At-
torney General terminates the designation of a for-
eign state (or part of such foreign state) under sub-
section (b)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘If the designation 
of a foreign state (or part of such foreign state) is 
terminated under section 244(b)(2)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (i)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the 
comma at the end and adding ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, 
and’’ at the end and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C). 
(d) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 244 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), as 
amended by subsections (a) and (b) of this Act, is further 
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amended by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’. 
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