,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ac1       
#bjag,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york 7for    
herself1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4
 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 
,vargas1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 
,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4         
,gallego1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4  
,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,maxine       
,waters of ,california1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4
 ,jeffries1 ,mr4 ,ellison1 ,ms4 ,wilson 
of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,serrano7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to designate    
,haiti under section #bdd of the        
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
permit nationals of ,haiti to be        
eligible for temporary protected status 
under such section4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,haiti   
,emergency ,relief ,act of #bjag4  #b4  
,designation for purposes of granting   
temporary protected status  7a7         

,designation  7#a7 ,in general ,for     
purposes of section #bdd of the         
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #abed;a71 ,haiti shall be     
treated as if it had been designated    
under subsection 7b7 of such section1   
subject to the provisions of this       
section4  7#b7 ,period of designation   
,the initial period of such designation 
shall begin on the date of the enactment
 of this ,act and shall remain in effect
 for #ah months4  7b7 ,aliens eligible  
,in applying section #bdd of such ,act  
pursuant to the designation made under  
this section1 subject to section        
#bdd7;c77#c7 of such ,act1 an alien who 
is a national of ,haiti shall be deemed 
to satisfy the requirements of section  
#bdd7;c77#a7 of such ,act only if the   
alien--  7#a7 has been continuously     
physically present in the ,united       
,states since ,november #d1 #bjaf2  7#b7
 is admissible as an immigrant1 except  
as otherwise provided under section     
#bdd7;c77#b77;,a7 of such ,act1 and is  

not ineligible for temporary protected  
status under section #bdd7;c77#b77;,b7  
of such ,act2 and  7#c7 registers for   
temporary protected status in a manner  
that the ,secretary of ,homeland        
,security shall establish4  7c7 ,consent
 ,to travel abroad ,the ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security shall give the prior
 consent to travel abroad described in  
section #bdd7;f77#c7 of such ,act to an 
alien who is granted temporary protected
 status pursuant to the designation made
 under this section1 if the alien       
establishes to the satisfaction of the  
,secretary of ,homeland ,security that  
emergency and extenuating circumstances 
beyond the control of the alien require 
the alien to depart for a brief1        
temporary trip abroad4 ,an alien        
returning to the ,united ,states in     
accordance with such an authorization   
shall be treated the same as any other  
returning alien provided temporary      
protected status under section #bdd of  
such ,act4