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HR 6345 114th Congress House

TPS Reform Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the procedure to designate a foreign state, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 17, 2016 See on congress.gov
Immigration Foreign laborImmigration status and proceduresNatural disasters
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Dec 5, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Nov 17, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 17, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 5, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

TPS Reform Act of 2016

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the criteria for designation of a foreign state as eligible to have its citizens be given temporary protected status (TPS) in the United States.

Such revisions include the following: (1) such a foreign state shall be designated by an Act of Congress rather than by the Department of Justice; (2) such Act must find that an environmental disaster in such a foreign state is immediately life-threatening; (3) such Act may provide for early termination of a foreign state's designation; (4) such Act shall include an estimate of the number of a foreign state's nationals who are TPS eligible, their U.S. immigration status, and a time period for the effectiveness of the designation of not more than 18 months; and (5) an alien lacking lawful immigration status shall be ineligible for TPS.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
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Babin, Brian
Texas · Nov 17, 2016
Brat, Dave
· Nov 17, 2016
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Nov 17, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6345: TPS Reform Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6345/
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"H.R. 6345: TPS Reform Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6345/.
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H.R. 6345, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6345/.
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