[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2597 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2597

To extend temporary protected status for certain nationals of Liberia, 
           Sierra Leone, and Guinea until November 21, 2018.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2017

Mr. Ellison (for himself, Mr. Payne, Mr. Serrano, and Ms. Clarke of New 
    York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend temporary protected status for certain nationals of Liberia, 
           Sierra Leone, and Guinea until November 21, 2018.

    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 ``West African Ebola Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR NATIONALS OF 
              LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE, AND GUINEA.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any 
individual who is a national of Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Guinea, who 
was lawfully present in the United States under section 244 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a) on May 19, 2017, such 
temporary protected status is extended for the period beginning on May 
19, 2017, and ending on November 21, 2018.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect as if enacted on May 19, 2017.

SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act restricts the authority of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to extend the temporary protected status of an 
individual described in section 2 beyond November 21, 2018.
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