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HRES 542 108th Congress House

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…

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Official title: 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: February 26, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Apr 2, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Feb 26, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 26, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 2, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 11
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 2004
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 10, 2004
Ballance, Frank
· Feb 26, 2004
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 26, 2004
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Feb 26, 2004
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Feb 26, 2004
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 26, 2004
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Feb 26, 2004
Majette, Denise
· Feb 26, 2004
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 26, 2004
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 26, 2004
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 26, 2004
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 26, 2004
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 26, 2004
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 26, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 542: 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.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-542/
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"H. Res. 542: 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.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-542/.
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H. Res. 542, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-542/.
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[H. Res. 542: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-542/)
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