Haitian Protection Act of 2009
Latest action · Feb 9, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 6, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Haitian Protection Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti as a country whose qualifying nationals may be eligible for temporary protected status.
Provides for: (1) an initial 18-month designation period; and (2) authorization for temporary travel abroad.
Cosponsors 49
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2009 to Jan 13, 2010; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jan 7, 2009 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jan 7, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jan 7, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jan 9, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jan 9, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jan 9, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jan 9, 2009 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 9, 2009 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 9, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Jan 9, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jan 9, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jan 9, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jan 14, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jan 14, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jan 14, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jan 15, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Feb 12, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Mar 2, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 2, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Mar 2, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Mar 6, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Mar 6, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Mar 6, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 12, 2009 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jan 13, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2009 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Feb 9, 2009 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Exchange of letters Sep 22, 2010 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 6, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E16)
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E16 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL | Jan 6, 2009 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS21349 | U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants Archived | Report | May 17, 2011 |
| R40507 | Haiti: Current Conditions and Congressional Concerns Archived | Report | Jun 17, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render nationals of Haiti eligible for temporary protected status under such section.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Haitian Protection Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
