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HR 531 107th Congress House Immigration Aliens Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues El Salvador Latin America Refugees Residence requirements Right to travel Salvadorans Visas

To designate El Salvador under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render nationals of such foreign state eligible for temporary protected status under such section.

Introduced: February 8, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Feb 23, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Feb 8, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 8, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Provides for the granting of temporary protected status (through country designation) to qualifying nationals of El Salvador present in the United States.
What's happening now February 23, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Nov 6, 2001
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 27, 2001
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 8, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 531: To designate El Salvador under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render nationals of such foreign state eligible for temporary protected status under such section.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-531/
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"H.R. 531: To designate El Salvador under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render nationals of such foreign state eligible for temporary protected status under such section.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-531/.
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H.R. 531, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-531/.
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[H.R. 531: To designate El Salvador under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render nationals of such foreign state eligible for temporary protected status under such section.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-531/)
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