Title: Fair TPS Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Fair TPS Act
This bill prohibits funds or resources from being used to implement any of the policy changes set forth in specified notices terminating temporary protected status for individuals from Nicaragua (effective January 5, 2019), Haiti (effective July 22, 2019), and El Salvador (effective September 9, 2019).

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4933 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4933

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement the policy changes in 
  the notices terminating temporary status for natives of Nicaragua, 
            Haiti, and El Salvador, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2018

   Mr. Rush introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement the policy changes in 
  the notices terminating temporary status for natives of Nicaragua, 
            Haiti, and El Salvador, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fair TPS Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) President Donald J. Trump has, on multiple occasions, 
        disparaged and demeaned people of color.
            (2) President Donald J. Trump has attempted to ban from 
        entering the United States immigrants from certain countries, 
        seemingly based on race and religion.
            (3) President Donald J. Trump has referred to immigrants of 
        color as coming from ``shithole countries''.
            (4) Such statements and actions degrade and disregard both 
        the letter and the spirit of the 14th Amendment to the 
        Constitution.

SEC. 2. NO FUNDS AVAILABLE.

    (a) Nicaragua.--No funds or resources may be used to implement 
(including through the issuance of any regulations) any of the policy 
changes set forth in the notice entitled ``Termination of the 
Designation of Nicaragua for Temporary Protected Status'', published at 
82 Fed. Reg. 59636 (December 15, 2017).
    (b) Haiti.--No funds or resources may be used to implement 
(including through the issuance of any regulations) any of the policy 
changes set forth in the notice entitled ``Termination of the 
Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status'', published at 83 
Fed. Reg. 2648 (January 18, 2018).
    (c) El Salvador.--No funds or resources may be used to implement 
(including through the issuance of any regulations) any of the policy 
changes set forth in the notice entitled ``Termination of the 
Designation of El Salvador for Temporary Protected Status'', published 
at 83 Fed. Reg. 2654 (January 18, 2018).
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