‘‘(1) applicants for adjustment of status under 
section 245; or 
‘‘(2) aliens subject to removal proceedings 
under section 240. 
‘‘(i) NO OFFSET
IN NUMBER
OF VISAS AVAIL-
ABLE.—The granting of adjustment of status under this 
section shall not reduce the number of immigrant visas 
authorized to be issued under any provision of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act. 
‘‘(j) TREATMENT OF BRIEF, CASUAL, AND INNOCENT 
DEPARTURES
AND CERTAIN OTHER ABSENCES.—An 
alien who has failed to maintain the 3-year continuous 
physical presence requirement under subsection (c) be-
cause of brief, casual, and innocent departures or, emer-
gency travel, or extenuating circumstances outside of the 
control of the alien, shall not be considered to have failed 
to maintain continuous physical presence in the United 
States. 
‘‘(k) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to include aliens (as a class or indi-
vidual basis) from previously designated countries that no 
longer have valid temporary protected status designation 
under section 244(b), or aliens who no longer have a valid 
deferred enforced departure status, unless such designated 
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status or previously deferred enforced departure expires 
on or after January 1, 2017. 
‘‘(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘domestic partner’ means an 
adult of at least 18 years of age in a committed rela-
tionship with the alien applying for adjustment. A 
committed relationship is one in which the employee 
and the domestic partner of the employee are each 
other’s sole domestic partner (and are not married 
to or domestic partners with anyone else) and share 
responsibility for a significant measure of each oth-
er’s common welfare and financial obligations. This 
includes, but is not limited to, any relationship be-
tween two individuals of the same or opposite sex 
that is granted legal recognition by a State or by the 
District of Columbia as a marriage or analogous re-
lationship (including, but not limited to, a civil 
union). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘provide for its repatriated citi-
zens’ means a country’s ability to provide safety, 
and social safety net services, including preventive 
healthcare services, and housing. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Deferred Enforced Departure’ 
or ‘DED’ refers to the presidential directive issued 
on September 28, 2016.’’. 
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SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FUTURE 
DISCONTINUED 
ELIGIBILITY 
OF 
ALIENS 
FROM 
COUNTRIES 
CURRENTLY 
LISTED 
UNDER TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Sec-
tion 244(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the end, the 
following: 
‘‘(D) REPORT ON TERMINATIONS.—Within 
3 days after the Attorney General’s announce-
ment, including by notice in the Federal Reg-
ister, of a country’s designation being termi-
nated from Temporary Protected Status, the 
Attorney General shall submit to the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House 
Judiciary Committee a report that includes— 
‘‘(i) an explanation of the event or 
events that initially prompted a country’s 
designation under temporary protected sta-
tus; 
‘‘(ii) the progress the country has 
made in remedying the designation speci-
fied in clause (i), including any significant 
challenges or shortcomings that have not 
been addressed since the initial designa-
tion; 
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‘‘(iii) an analysis, with applicable and 
relevant metrics as determined by the Sec-
retary, of the country’s ability to repatriate 
its nationals, including— 
‘‘(I) the country’s financial abil-
ity to provide for its repatriated citi-
zens; 
‘‘(II) the country’s financial abil-
ity to address the initial designation 
specified in clause (i) without foreign 
assistance; 
‘‘(III) the country’s gross domes-
tic product, gross domestic product 
per capita, and an analysis of the 
country’s ability to be economically 
self-sufficient without foreign assist-
ance; 
‘‘(IV) the economic and social 
impact repatriation of nationals in 
possession of temporary protected sta-
tus would have on the recipient coun-
try; and 
‘‘(V) any additional metrics the 
Secretary deems necessary.’’. 
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SEC. 4. ADJUSTMENT OF RELATION OF PERIOD OF TEM-
PORARY PROTECTED STATUS TO CANCELLA-
TION OF REMOVAL. 
Section 244(e) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C.1254a(e)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘With respect to an alien’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to an alien’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end, the following: 
‘‘(2) WAIVER FOR CERTAIN TEMPORARY PRO-
TECTED STATUS HOLDERS.—The provisions in sub-
section (e) shall not apply to an Alien who is eligible 
for adjustment of status pursuant to section 244A 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act.’’. 
SEC. 5. ELIGIBILITY FOR NATURALIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 319(b), 
328, and 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1430(b), 1439, and 1440), an alien whose status 
is adjusted under section 244A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to that of an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence may apply for naturalization under 
chapter 2 of title III of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) not earlier than 5 years after 
such adjustment of status. 
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