I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4112 
To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to permit nationals of Haiti to be eligible for temporary protected 
status under such section during and after the pendency of certain 
litigation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2019 
Mr. HASTINGS (for himself, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. 
DEMINGS, Mr. CRIST, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MUCARSEL-POW-
ELL, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. SOTO, Ms. FRANKEL, and Ms. CASTOR of Flor-
ida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Haiti to be 
eligible for temporary protected status under such section 
during and after the pendency of certain litigation, 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. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by a 
magnitude 7.0 earthquake. 
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(2) Approximately 3,000,000 people were af-
fected by the earthquake, with an estimated 250,000 
people losing their lives and 300,000 people suf-
fering injuries. 
(3) On January 21, 2010, the United States 
designated Haiti for temporary protected status. 
(4) The continued designation of temporary 
protected status for Haiti would preserve the per 
annum estimated $1,000,000,000 in remittances 
sent to Haiti from Haitians in the United States. 
(5) These remittances exceed the amount of 
foreign assistance given to Haiti by the United 
States and are crucial to Haiti’s recovery. 
(6) On October 20, 2010, an outbreak of chol-
era was confirmed for the first time in over 100 
years. 
(7) Haiti continues to work to recover from the 
devastating cholera outbreak. 
(8) The cholera outbreak is estimated to have 
killed over an estimated 9,000 people and infected 
nearly 800,000 Haitians. 
(9) On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew 
struck Haiti. 
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(10) Hurricane Matthew resulted in the damage 
of approximately 45 percent of Haiti’s southwest 
piped water supply. 
(11) Hurricane Matthew resulted in crop losses 
estimated to be $360,000,000. 
(12) Hurricane Matthew is estimated to have 
killed over 1,000 people and directly affected 2.1 
million Haitians. 
(13) Hurricane Matthew was responsible for the 
internal displacement of 175,000 people and left 1.4 
million Haitians in need of urgent humanitarian aid. 
(14) Hurricane Matthew is estimated to have 
resulted in damages assessed at $1,000,000,000, or 
roughly 11.4 percent of Haiti’s gross domestic prod-
uct. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF HAITI FOR PURPOSES OF GRANT-
ING TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 
For purposes of section 244 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), Haiti shall be treated 
as if it had been designated under subsection (b)(1)(C) 
of that section— 
(1) for a period of 8 months every 3 months 
during the period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and ending on the date on which 
a final decision is rendered in both— 
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(A) Ramos v. Nielsen (Northern District, 
CA; Case No. 18–cv–01554); and 
(B) Saget v. Trump (Eastern District, NY; 
Case No. 1:18–cv–01599); and 
(2) for the 18-month period beginning on the 
last day of the last 8-month period under paragraph 
(1). 
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