[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3765 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3765

   To designate Lebanon under section 244(b) of the Immigration and 
    Naturalization Act to permit nationals of Lebanon to be granted 
            temporary protected status in the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2006

 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Feingold, and Ms. Stabenow) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To designate Lebanon under section 244(b) of the Immigration and 
    Naturalization Act to permit nationals of Lebanon to be granted 
            temporary protected status in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lebanese Temporary Protected Status 
Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that, due to the hostilities in 
Lebanon, Lebanon qualifies for designation under subparagraphs (A) and 
(C) of section 244(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)), pursuant to which Lebanese nationals would be 
eligible for temporary protected status in the United States.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION FOR PURPOSES OF GRANTING TEMPORARY PROTECTED 
              STATUS.

    (a) Designation.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of section 244 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), Lebanon shall 
        be treated as if it had been designated under subsection (b) of 
        that section, subject to the provisions of this section.
            (2) Period of designation.--The initial period of the 
        designation under paragraph (1) shall begin on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act and shall remain in effect for 1 year.
    (b) Aliens Eligible.--An alien who is a national of Lebanon shall 
be deemed to satisfy the requirements of section 244(c)(1) of such Act 
only if the alien--
            (1) has been continuously physically present in the United 
        States since the date of the enactment of this Act;
            (2) is admissible to the United States as an immigrant, 
        except as otherwise provided under section 244(c)(2)(A) of such 
        Act;
            (3) is not ineligible for temporary protected status under 
        section 244(c)(2)(B) of such Act; and
            (4) registers for temporary protected status in a manner 
        established by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
    (c) Consent to Travel Abroad.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall give an alien granted temporary protected status pursuant to the 
designation made under subsection (a) prior consent to travel abroad 
under section 244(f)(3) of such Act if the alien establishes to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary that emergency and extenuating 
circumstances beyond the control of the alien require the alien to 
depart for a brief, temporary trip abroad. An alien returning to the 
United States in accordance with such an authorization shall be given 
the same treatment as any other returning alien provided temporary 
protected status under section 244 of such Act.
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