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                               TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

                           Chapter 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY

           336  Sec. 1254a. Temporary protected status

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                (h) Limitation on consideration in Senate of legislation
                    adjusting status
                    (1) In general
                                Except as provided in paragraph (2), it
                            shall not be in order in the Senate to consider
                            any bill, resolution, or amendment that--

                                    (A) provides for adjustment to lawful
                                temporary or permanent resident alien status
                                for any alien receiving temporary protected
                                status under this section, or

                                    (B) has the effect of amending this
                                subsection or limiting the application of
                                this subsection.

                    (2) Supermajority required
                                Paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended in
                            the Senate only by the affirmative vote of
                            three-fifths of the Members duly chosen and
                            sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of
                            the Members of the Senate duly chosen and sworn
                            shall be required in the Senate to sustain an
                            appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of
                            order raised under paragraph (1).
                    (3) Rules
                                Paragraphs (1) and (2) are enacted--

                                    (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking
                                power of the Senate and as such they are
                                deemed a part of the rules of the Senate,
                                but applicable only with respect to the
                                matters described in paragraph (1) and
                                supersede other rules of the Senate only to
                                the extent that such paragraphs are
                                inconsistent therewith; and

                                    (B) with full recognition of the
                                constitutional right of the Senate to change
                                such rules at any time, in the same manner
                                as in the case of any other rule of the
                                Senate. (Pub. L. 101-649, Title III,
                                Sec. 302(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5035.)

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