TPS for Victims of Hurricane Dorian Act of 2019
Latest action · Sep 25, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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.
- IntroducedSep 10, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
TPS for Victims of Hurricane Dorian Act of 2019
This bill designates the Bahamas as a temporary protected status (TPS) country for 18 months from the enactment of this bill. (Qualified nationals of a TPS-designated country shall have work authorization and may not be removed from the United States while the designation is in effect.)
A Bahamian national shall qualify for temporary protected status if the individual (1) has been continuously physically present in the United States since the bill's enactment, (2) meets certain admissibility and eligibility requirements generally required for such status, and (3) registers with the Department of Homeland Security.
Cosponsors 56
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 10, 2019 to Oct 4, 2019; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Sep 10, 2019 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Sep 10, 2019 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Sep 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 13, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Sep 13, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Sep 18, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Sep 19, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Sep 20, 2019 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Oct 4, 2019 |
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 Sep 10, 2019 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Sep 25, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Sep 10, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 10, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 165, no. 144, September 10, 2019, page H7597.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN11171 | Bahamas: Response to Hurricane Dorian Archived | Insight | Oct 1, 2019 |
| IN11166 | Immigration Relief Options for Bahamians After Hurricane Dorian Archived | Insight | Sep 16, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2478 | Bahamas Temporary Protected Status Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 12, 2019 |
| HR 4303 | Bahamas TPS Act of 2019 | Related bill | Oct 2, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To designate The Bahamas under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of The Bahamas to be eligible for temporary protected status, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- TPS for Victims of Hurricane Dorian Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2019Introduced 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.
