I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2962 
To designate Pakistan under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to permit nationals of Pakistan to be eligible for temporary protected 
status under such sections. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2007 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE 
of Texas, Mr. HONDA, Ms. KILPATRICK, and Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN-
SON of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To designate Pakistan under section 244 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Pakistan to 
be eligible for temporary protected status under such 
sections. 
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 ‘‘Pakistani Temporary 
Protected Status Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) On October 8, 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earth-
quake struck Pakistan. 
(2) In Pakistan, more than 73,000 people have 
been killed as a result of this earthquake. 
(3) Immediately following the earthquake, near-
ly 3 million people were living in tents or in the open 
air amid freezing temperatures, having been left 
homeless by the earthquake. 
(4) The earthquake damaged sanitation systems 
in the region, destroyed hospitals, and left many vic-
tims with no access to clean drinking water, making 
them more vulnerable to disease. 
(5) One year after the devastating 7.6 mag-
nitude earthquake that killed some 80,000 people in 
northern Pakistan and Kashmir, more than 400,000 
people were still without permanent shelter. 
(6) Temporary protected status allows aliens 
who do not legally qualify as refugees but are none-
theless fleeing or reluctant to return to potentially 
dangerous situations to temporarily remain in the 
United States. 
(7) Granting temporary protected status to na-
tionals of Pakistan is consistent with the interests of 
the United States and promotes the values and mor-
als that have made the United States strong. 
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SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the extraordinary and 
temporary conditions caused by the earthquake in Paki-
stan qualifies Pakistan for designation under subpara-
graphs (B) or (C) of section 244(b)(1) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)), pursuant to 
which nationals of Pakistan would be eligible for tem-
porary protected status in the United States. 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION FOR PURPOSES OF GRANTING TEM-
PORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 244 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1254a), Pakistan shall be treated as if it had been 
designated under subsection (b) of such section, sub-
ject to the provisions of this section. 
(2) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.—The initial pe-
riod of such designation shall begin on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and shall remain in effect 
for 12 months. 
(b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE.—In applying section 244 of 
such Act pursuant to the designation made under this sec-
tion, subject to section 244(c)(3) of such Act, an alien who 
is a national of Pakistan is deemed to satisfy the require-
ments of section 244(c)(1) of such Act only if the alien— 
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(1) has been continuously physically present in 
the United States since October 8, 2005; 
(2) is admissible as an immigrant, except as 
otherwise provided under section 244(c)(2)(A) of 
such Act, and is not ineligible for temporary pro-
tected status under section 244(c)(2)(B) of such 
Act; and 
(3) registers for temporary protected status in 
a manner that the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall establish. 
(c) CONSENT TO TRAVEL ABROAD.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall give the prior consent to travel 
abroad described in section 244(f)(3) of such Act to an 
alien who is granted temporary protected status pursuant 
to the designation made under this section, if the alien 
establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Home-
land Security that emergency and extenuating cir-
cumstances beyond the control of the alien require the 
alien to depart for a brief, temporary trip abroad. An alien 
returning to the United States in accordance with such 
an authorization shall be treated the same as any other 
returning alien provided temporary protected status under 
section 244 of such Act. 
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