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months (or, in the discretion of the Secretary, 
a period of 12 months).’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(ii) by moving the text of subpara-
graph (A) up and to the right so that it 
follows immediately after the paragraph 
heading; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘(A) Designations.— 
’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘The 
amount of any such fee shall not exceed $50.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘of paragraph (1)—’’ and all that follows 
through the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘, 
the 
provisions 
of 
section 
212(a)(1) may be waived in the Secretary 
of Homeland Security’s discretion if a de-
nial of temporary protected status would 
separate the alien from a spouse or child 
in the United States.’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)—
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(I) by amending clause (i) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i) the alien is inadmissible under 
section 212(a) by reason of having been 
convicted of a crime committed in the 
United States, or the alien is deportable 
under section 237(a) (other than under 
section 237(a)(1)(B));’’; 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) the alien was unlawfully present 
in the United States on the effective date 
of the designation of the applicable foreign 
state (or part of a state), or the effective 
date of any extension of such designation, 
unless a law to the contrary is enacted be-
fore such date, except that if the Congress 
is adjourned sine die on such date, the 
alien may be granted temporary protected 
status for a period of not more than 4 
months.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting a semi-
colon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘and record the 
alien’s current address’’ after ‘‘reg-
ister’’; and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) the alien commits a crime after being 
granted temporary protected status; or 
‘‘(E) the alien travels, no matter how brief-
ly, to the foreign state (or part of such state) 
the designation of which was the basis of the 
alien being granted such status.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), in each of subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, unless the alien 
travels, no matter how briefly, to the foreign 
state (or part of such state) the designation of 
which was the basis of the alien being granted 
such status’’; and 
(E) by striking paragraph (6);
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(4) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (4); 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘, unless the 
Attorney General determines that extreme hardship 
exists’’ in the first sentence; 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Attor-
ney General; and’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 
Homeland Security, except to the foreign state 
(or part of such state) the designation of which 
was the basis of the alien being granted such 
status.’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(7) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or the 
House of Representatives’’ after ‘‘Senate’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘three- 
fifths’’ and inserting ‘‘two-thirds’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘and the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ after ‘‘Senate’’ each place such 
term appears in paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(b) INELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN ALIENS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of a foreign 
state (or part of a foreign state) initially designated