[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4264 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4264

To express United States policy regarding the restoration of democratic 
constitutional government in Haiti, to grant temporary protected status 
 to Haitians until such a government is restored, and to terminate the 
  migrant interdiction agreement between the United States and Haiti.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 1994

 Mr. Conyers introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
         to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To express United States policy regarding the restoration of democratic 
constitutional government in Haiti, to grant temporary protected status 
 to Haitians until such a government is restored, and to terminate the 
  migrant interdiction agreement between the United States and Haiti.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected President of Haiti 
        in a landslide victory on December 16, 1990, in the first free 
        and fair election in Haiti's 186 year history; and
            (2) the unconstitutional seizure of power by the Haitian 
        military is repugnant to all democratic nations, and represents 
        an affront to all who believe in democracy.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES POLICY.

    It shall be the policy of the United States that--
            (1) President Aristide should be allowed to return to Haiti 
        immediately and be reinstated as the constitutional President 
        of Haiti;
            (2) the United States will work in close coordination with 
        the Organization of American States and the United Nations to 
        implement any applicable trade embargo against Haiti;
            (3) until President Aristide is returned to his 
        constitutional place in Haiti, the United States will extend 
        emergency humanitarian assistance to Haitians fleeing the 
        oppression of military dictatorship in Haiti; and
            (4) the United States Coast Guard should continue search 
        and rescue measures in the international waters surrounding 
        Haiti, but shall cease any activities to forcibly return 
        Haitians against their will to Haiti so long as the military 
        dictatorship remains in power.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIANS.

    (a) Designation.--During the period specified in subsection (c) of 
this section, Haiti shall be deemed to have been designated under 
section 244A(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (relating to 
temporary protected status).
    (b) Eligible Haitians.--Any alien--
            (1) who is a national of Haiti who is present in the United 
        States at any time during the period described in subsection 
        (c) of this section,
            (2) who meets the requirements of section 
        244A(c)(1)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and
            (3) who, during the period described in subsection (c) of 
        this section, registers for temporary protected status to the 
        extent and in a manner which the Attorney General establishes,
shall be granted temporary protected status for the duration of that 
period and section 244A(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
shall apply with respect to such alien.
    (c) Period of Designation.--The designation pursuant to subsection 
(a) shall be in effect during the period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which the President 
certifies to the Congress that democratically elected government has 
been restored in Haiti consistent with the Haitian Constitution. 
Subsections (b)(2) and (b)(3) of section 244A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act do not apply with respect to the designation pursuant 
to subsection (a) of this section.

SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF BILATERAL MIGRANT INTERDICTION AGREEMENT.

    The President shall notify the Government of Haiti immediately of 
the intention of the United States Government to terminate the 
agreement between the United States and Haiti relating to migrant 
interdiction (effected by the exchange of notes signed at Port-au-
Prince on September 23, 1981; 33 UST 3559, TIAS 6577); and the United 
States shall not take any actions pursuant to that agreement after the 
date of enactment of this Act.

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