IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 4 
Expressing support for temporary protected status for Haitian nationals 
currently residing in the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2017 
Mr. HASTINGS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for temporary protected status for Hai-
tian nationals currently residing in the United States, 
and for other purposes. 
Whereas in October of 2016, Hurricane Matthew devastated 
Haiti killing over 1,000 people, directly affected 2.1 mil-
lion people including the internal displacement of 
175,000 and 1.4 million people in need of urgent human-
itarian aid; 
Whereas the storm damage has been estimated to be 
$1,000,000,000, or about 11.4 percent of the gross do-
mestic product of Haiti; 
Whereas Hurricane Matthew was the worst hurricane to hit 
Haiti in over 50 years; 
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Whereas the Department of State warns United States citi-
zens that current conditions make it unsafe to travel to 
southern Haiti due to the devastation wrought by Hurri-
cane Matthew including roads made impassable by land-
slides, damaged roads, bridge failures and widespread 
damage to buildings and critical infrastructure; 
Whereas the total value of crop losses is estimated to be $360 
million; 
Whereas approximately 45 percent of Haiti’s southwest piped 
water supply was damaged by Hurricane Matthew; 
Whereas Haiti continues to struggle to address the dev-
astating 2010 Cholera outbreak that has killed over 
9,000 Haitians and infected almost 800,000 Haitians; 
Whereas these conditions make it dangerous and inappro-
priate to forcibly repatriate Haitians at this time; 
Whereas the Secretary of Homeland Security may grant tem-
porary protective status (TPS) in accordance with section 
244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1254a) to nationals of a country in which environmental 
or political events have occurred that make it temporarily 
unsafe to deport them; 
Whereas the Secretary of Homeland Security has granted 
TPS to nationals of other countries under similar condi-
tions, including Nicaragua and Honduras in 1999 fol-
lowing Hurricane Mitch, and El Salvador in 2001 fol-
lowing severe earthquakes; and 
Whereas granting Haitian nationals TPS would preserve the 
estimated $1,000,000,000 in remittances sent each year 
to Haiti from Haitians in the United States, which cur-
rently outweigh the amount of foreign assistance given by 
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the United States to Haiti and are crucial to the recovery 
of Haiti: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
(1) supports the granting of temporary pro-
tected status to Haitian nationals currently residing 
in the United States; 
(2) supports the Haitian people and the Gov-
ernment of Haiti as they work to rebuild from years 
of natural disasters, economic hardship, and political 
turmoil; and 
(3) acknowledges that it is in the best economic 
and security interests of the United States for Haiti 
to be a safe, stable, and productive country. 
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