[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3123 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3123

     To extend the designation of Liberia under section 244 of the 
 Immigration and Nationality Act so that Liberians can continue to be 
      eligible for temporary protected status under that section.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2007

 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Walberg, Ms. 
  Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Pence, Mr. Langevin, and Mr. Blunt) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To extend the designation of Liberia under section 244 of the 
 Immigration and Nationality Act so that Liberians can continue to be 
      eligible for temporary protected status under that section.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF DESIGNATION.

    (a) In General.--The designation of Liberia under section 244(b)(1) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)) is 
extended through September 30, 2008.
    (b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall be applied so as to render 
eligible for temporary protected status and work authorization, in 
accordance with subsections (a), (e) and (f) of section 244 of such Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1254a), an alien who is a national of Liberia (or in the case 
of an alien having no nationality, is a person who last habitually 
resided in Liberia) and is otherwise eligible under subsection (c) of 
such section, if the alien--
            (1) was granted such status under the designation of 
        Liberia that is effective until October 1, 2007 (71 Fed. Reg. 
        55000);
            (2) applied for such status under such designation, and 
        such application is still pending; or
            (3) is eligible for late initial registration under section 
        244(c) of such Act and the regulations implementing such 
        section.
    (c) Requirements.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish 
in the Federal Register procedures for aliens to register for temporary 
protected status under the extension made by this Act, and to apply for 
any applicable work authorization or extension of work authorization. 
Such registration period shall be not less than 60 days long.
    (d) Extension of Current Work Authorizations.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any work authorization provided under section 
244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act pursuant to the designation 
of Liberia that is effective until October 1, 2007, is extended until 
not earlier than April 1, 2008.
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