ASPIRE-TPS Act of 2017
Latest action · Dec 13, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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.
- IntroducedNov 14, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Act to Sustain the Protection of Immigrant Residents Earned through TPS Act of 2017 or the ASPIRE-TPS Act of 2017
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide six-year, renewable protected status for an alien who: (1) as of January 1, 2017, had been granted or was eligible for deferred enforced departure or temporary protected status, (2) has continuously resided in the United States for five years, (3) is admissible as an immigrant, and (4) registers as required.
Aliens may work while in protected status.
Protected status shall be withdrawn if an alien was not entitled to such status or fails to register with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) every 36 months.
Absences from the United States of one year or less shall not break residence continuity. Absences longer than one year shall break residence continuity unless the alien establishes that he or she did not abandon U.S. residency.
DHS shall adjust the status of an alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if the alien: (1) meets certain eligibility requirements; (2) establishes that removal would result in extreme hardship to the alien or to the alien's U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse, parent, or child; and (3) submits an application.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 14, 2017 to Dec 20, 2018; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Nov 14, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Nov 14, 2017 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Nov 14, 2017 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Nov 14, 2017 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Nov 14, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Nov 14, 2017 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Nov 14, 2017 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Nov 14, 2017 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Nov 14, 2017 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Nov 16, 2017 | |
| R-UT | Mia B. Love | Nov 16, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Nov 28, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Nov 28, 2017 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Feb 5, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 14, 2017 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Dec 13, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Nov 14, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 14, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8 | Pramila Jayapal D-WA | Jan 8, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9524 | Yvette D. Clarke D-NY | Nov 30, 2017 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 186, November 14, 2017, page H9254.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide protected status for certain aliens present in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- ASPIRE-TPS Act of 2017
- Act to Sustain the Protection of Immigrant Residents Earned through TPS Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2017Introduced 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.
