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country or part of the country and decide whether the conditions for the
designation continue to be met.
(3)(A) If the Attorney General does not decide that the designated coun-
try or part of the country no longer meets the conditions for designation,
the designation is extended for 6 months or, in the discretion of the Attor-
ney General, for 12 or 18 months.
(B) If the Attorney General decides that the designated country or part
of the country no longer meets the conditions for designation, the Attorney
General shall terminate the designation. A termination is effective 60 days
after notice of the termination is published in the Federal Register or when
the most recent extension expires, whichever is later.
(4) The Attorney General shall publish in the Federal Register, on a
timely basis, notice of each decision under this subsection, including the
basis for the decision, and the period of any extension.
(e) INFORMATION ON PROTECTED STATUS AT TIME OF DESIGNATION.—
When the Attorney General designates a foreign country or part of a foreign
country under subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney General shall
make available to nationals of that country information on the temporary
protected status available under this chapter.
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.—(1) The Attorney General
shall establish an administrative procedure to review a denial of benefits to
an alien under this section. The procedure may not prevent an alien from
asserting protection under this chapter in a deportation proceeding if the
alien demonstrates that the alien is a national of a foreign country des-
ignated, or designated in part, under this section.
(2) A designation, extension, or termination under this section is not sub-
ject to judicial review.
§ 6704. Information and notices about status
(a) INFORMATION ABOUT STATUS.—On granting temporary protected
status to an alien under this chapter, the Attorney General shall provide
the alien with information about the status.
(b) NOTICES OF AVAILABILITY AT DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS.—The
Attorney General promptly shall notify an alien of the temporary protected
status that may be available under this chapter—
(1) if, when a deportation proceeding is begun against the alien, the
foreign country of which the alien is a national has been designated,
or designated in part, under section 6703 of this title; or
(2) if, during a deportation proceeding pending against the alien, the
country of which the alien is a national is designated, or designated
in part, under section 6703 of this title.
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(c) FORM AND LANGUAGE.—Information and notices under this section
shall be in a form and language the alien can understand.
§ 6705. Temporary documentation and work authorization
(a) GENERAL.—On granting temporary protected status to an alien under
this chapter, the Attorney General shall provide for the issuance of tem-
porary documentation and work authorization necessary to carry out this
chapter. The work authorization shall be an ‘‘employment authorized’’ en-
dorsement or other appropriate work permit.
(b) PERIOD OF VALIDITY.—(1) Work authorization issued under sub-
section (a) of this section is valid during the period the alien is in temporary
protected status under this chapter.
(2) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the documentation and work
authorization are valid for the first period of designation of the foreign
country or part of the foreign country involved and any extension of that
period. The Attorney General may stagger the periods of validity of the doc-
umentation and authorization to provide for an orderly renewal of the docu-
mentation and authorization and for an orderly transition under subsection
(c) when a designation is terminated.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF TERMINATIONS.—A termination of a designa-
tion under section 6703(d)(3)(B) of this title applies only to documentation
and work authorization issued or renewed after—
(1) the effective date of the termination; or
(2) a later date the Attorney General decides is appropriate to pro-
vide for an orderly transition.
§ 6706. Registration fees
(a) ALLOWABLE FEES.—The Attorney General may require payment of
a reasonable fee of not more than $50 as a condition for registering an alien
under section 6702(a)(5) of this title and an additional fee for providing
a work authorization.
(b) CREDITING APPROPRIATION.—All fees collected under this section
shall be credited to the appropriation to be used to carry out this chapter.
§ 6707. Withdrawal of status
The Attorney General shall withdraw temporary protected status granted
to an alien under this chapter if—
(1) the Attorney General finds that the alien was not eligible for the
status;
(2) except as provided in sections 6701(6) and 6702(c) of this title,
the alien has not remained continuously physically present in the
United States from the date the alien first was granted the status; or