I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2604 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the procedure 
to designate a foreign state, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2017 
Mr. BROOKS of Alabama (for himself, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. GOHMERT, and 
Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify 
the procedure to designate a foreign state, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TPS Reform Act of 
2017’’. 
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 
(a) POWER TO DESIGNATE A FOREIGN STATE.—Sec-
tion 244(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1254a(b)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) INITIAL DESIGNATION.—For purposes of 
this section, a foreign state shall be designated upon 
the enactment of an Act that satisfies the following 
requirements: 
‘‘(A) The Act shall contain a finding— 
‘‘(i) that there is an ongoing armed 
conflict within the state and, due to such 
conflict, requiring the return of aliens who 
are nationals of that state (or to the part 
of the state) would pose a serious threat to 
their personal safety; 
‘‘(ii) that— 
‘‘(I) there has been an earth-
quake, flood, drought, epidemic, or 
other immediately life-threatening en-
vironmental disaster in the state re-
sulting in a substantial, but tem-
porary, disruption of living conditions 
in the area affected; 
‘‘(II) the foreign state is unable, 
temporarily, to handle adequately the 
return to the state of aliens who are 
nationals of the state; and 
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(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) the alien lacks a lawful immigra-
tion status.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 244 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘If the At-
torney General terminates the designation of a for-
eign state (or part of such foreign state) under sub-
section (b)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘If the designation 
of a foreign state (or part of such foreign state) is 
terminated under section 244(b)(2)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (i)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the 
comma at the end and adding ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, 
and’’ at the end and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C). 
(d) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 244 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), as 
amended by subsections (a) and (b) of this Act, is further 
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amended by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’. 
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