HRES 542 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Homeland Security should designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to make nationals of Haiti eligible for temporary protected status under such section.

Introduced Feb 26, 2004 Originated House Sponsor Kendrick B. Meek D-FL

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Latest action · Apr 2, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 26, 2004
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Homeland Security should: (1) designate Haiti as a country the return to which would jeopardize the safety of nationals thereof; and (2) grant temporary protected status to Haitian nationals in the United States.

Cosponsors 51

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2004 to May 20, 2004; 40 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-GADavid ScottOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-GADenise L. MajetteOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-NCFrank W. Ballance Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-NCMelvin L. WattOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-FLPeter DeutschOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalFeb 26, 2004
D-CALynn C. WoolseyMar 9, 2004
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyMar 10, 2004
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezMar 10, 2004
D-CAHoward L. BermanMar 11, 2004
D-NYNita M. LoweyMar 11, 2004
D-PARobert A. BradyMar 11, 2004
D-MAJames P. McGovernMar 17, 2004
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaMar 17, 2004
D-OHDennis J. KucinichMar 25, 2004
D-NYEliot L. EngelMar 25, 2004
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenMay 20, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Feb 26, 2004
Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
Referred Apr 2, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 2, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
  2. Feb 26, 2004Introduced in House
  3. Feb 26, 2004Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E260Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXFeb 26, 2004

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Homeland Security should designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to make nationals of Haiti eligible for temporary protected status under such section.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 26, 2004Introduced in House

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