[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6696 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6696

   To extend the temporary protected status of certain nationals of 
  foreign states designated under section 244 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 4, 2018

 Mr. Coffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To extend the temporary protected status of certain nationals of 
  foreign states designated under section 244 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

    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 ``TPS Extension Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.

    Section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Extension of Temporary Protected Status.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this section, in the case of an alien having 
temporary protected status on the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, or an alien with an application under subsection (a) 
pending on such date pursuant to a designation of a foreign state made 
under subsection (b) before such date, the period in which the alien is 
granted temporary protected status under this section is deemed to be 
the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection 
and ending on September 15, 2021, and the documentation described in 
subsection (d) shall be valid during such period. The provisions of 
subsections (c) through (h) shall continue to apply during such 
period.''.
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