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(3) the alien, without good cause, does not register with the Attorney
General annually, at the end of each 12-month period after the status
is granted, in the form and way the Attorney General prescribes.
§ 6708. Relationship to suspension of deportation
Under section 6539(a) of this title, the period during which temporary
protected status is in effect for an alien—
(1) is not counted as a period of physical presence in the United
States unless the Attorney General decides that extreme hardship ex-
ists; and
(2) does not cause a break in the continuity of residence before and
after the period during which the alien has that status.
§ 6709. Relationship to immigration status
(a) GENERAL.—This chapter does not authorize the Attorney General to
deny temporary protected status to an alien based on the alien’s immigra-
tion status or to require an alien, as a condition of being granted temporary
protected status, to relinquish another status the alien may have or to waive
any right under this title (except subchapter I of chapter 5, subchapters II
and III of chapter 131, and chapters 133–137).
(b) TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NON-
IMMIGRANT STATUS.—Granting temporary protected status under this
chapter is not inconsistent with granting nonimmigrant status under this
title.
§ 6710. Immigration status and continuous physical pres-
ence not affected by temporary travel outside the
United States
An alien granted temporary protected status under this chapter whom the
Attorney General authorizes to travel outside the United States temporarily
and who returns to the United States according to the authorization—
(1) shall be inspected and admitted in the same immigration status
the alien had at the time of departure if the alien is found not to be
excludable on a ground referred to in section 6702(a)(4)(C) of this
title; and
(2) has not failed to maintain continuous physical presence in the
United States under section 6539(a) of this title because of the depar-
ture if the absence meets the requirements of section 6539(b)(1) of this
title.
§ 6711. Exclusive remedy
Except as otherwise specifically provided, this chapter is the exclusive au-
thority of the Attorney General under law to allow an alien who is or may
become otherwise deportable or who has been paroled into the United States
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to remain in the United States temporarily because of the alien’s nationality
or region of foreign country of nationality.
§ 6712. Limitation on Senate consideration of legislation ad-
justing status
(a) GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, it
is not in order in the Senate to consider a bill, resolution, or amendment
that—
(1) provides for the adjustment to lawful temporary or permanent
resident alien status for an alien receiving temporary protected status
under this chapter; or
(2) has the effect of amending or limiting the application of this sec-
tion.
(b) SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths
of the members of the Senate chosen and sworn is required—
(1) to waive or suspend subsection (a) of this section; or
(2) to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of
order raised under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) SENATE RULEMAKING POWER.—This section—
(1) is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate;
(2) is deemed to be a part of the rules of the Senate on matters de-
scribed in subsection (a) of this section;
(3) supersedes other rules of the Senate only to the extent inconsist-
ent with this section; and
(4) is enacted with complete recognition of the constitutional right
of the Senate to change those rules at any time in the same way as
any other rule of the Senate.
§ 6713. Annual reports
(a) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 of each year, the At-
torney General, after consultation with appropriate agencies, shall submit to
the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Senate a report on the operation of this chapter during the prior year. The
report shall include—
(1) a listing of foreign countries and parts of foreign countries des-
ignated under section 6703 of this title;
(2) the number of nationals of each country granted temporary pro-
tected status under this chapter and their immigration status before
being granted temporary protected status; and
(3) an explanation of why each foreign country or part of a foreign
country was designated under section 6703 of this title and why a des-
ignation was extended or terminated.