[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1903 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1903

 To extend the temporary protected status designation of Liberia under 
 section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act so that Liberians 
can continue to be eligible for such status through September 30, 2008.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2007

 Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. Klobuchar) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the temporary protected status designation of Liberia under 
 section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act so that Liberians 
can continue to be eligible for such status through September 30, 2008.

    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.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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 that 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 section 244(c) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act is 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), if the alien--
            (1) was granted such status under the designation of 
        Liberia by the Secretary of Homeland Security 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 continue for not fewer than 60 days.
    (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, shall not expire 
before April 1, 2008.
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