S. 5308 119th Congress Senate

Afghanistan TPS Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to designate Afghanistan under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Afghanistan to be eligible for temporary protec… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to designate Afghanistan under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Afghanistan to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 6, 2026 Introduced by: Christopher A. Coons Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov

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Aug 6, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Aug 6, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Cosponsors 3

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · Aug 6, 2026

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Aug 6, 2026

Murkowski, Lisa

Alaska · Aug 6, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5308: Afghanistan TPS Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5308/

MLA

"S. 5308: Afghanistan TPS Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5308/.

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S. 5308, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5308/.

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