,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjah,ms4 
,jackson ,lee 7for herself1 ,mr4        
,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,payne1  
,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 ,maxine ,waters of  
,california1 and ,mr4 ,crowley7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to extend the   
period of designation for certain       
countries for purposes of providing     
temporary protected status to nationals 
of those countries1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,continue ,american 
,safety ,act 7,,casa74  #b4 ,findings   
,the ,congress finds the following3     
7#a7 ,after a magnitude #g4j earthquake 
struck ,haiti in ,january #bjaj that    
killed more than #afj1jjj people and    
displaced #a4e million1 there are still 
over #ej1jjj people living in           
deteriorating and dangerous conditions  
in displacement camps because the       

country cannot handle the situation     
adequately4  7#b7 ,temporary protected  
status 7referred to in this ,act as     
,,tps7 provides a temporary safe haven  
for refugees who cannot safely return to
 their home country1 or whose home      
country cannot reabsorb them due to     
certain circumstances4  7#c7 ,,tps      
enables law-abiding refugees seeking    
safer and happier lives in the ,united  
,states4  7#d7 ,the ,,tps program does  
not endorse unlawful behavior and thus  
enforces ineligibility for individuals  
convicted of felony and violent crimes4 
7#e7 ,haiti1 ,el ,salvador1 ,syria1     
,nepal1 ,honduras1 ,yemen1 ,somalia1    
,sudan1 ,nicaragua1 and ,south ,sudan   
all meet the statutory criteria         
requirements for ,,tps4  #c4 ,extension 
of designation for ,,tps  7a7 ,in       
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 the designation under 
section #bdd7;b7 of the ,immigration and
 ,nationality ,act of a country         
described in subsection 7b7 may not end 

before ,january #ba1 #bjba4  7b7        
,countries described ,the countries     
described in this subsection are-- 7#a7 
,el ,salvador2  7#b7 ,haiti2  7#c7      
,honduras2  7#d7 ,nepal2  7#e7          
,nicaragua2  7#f7 ,somalia2  7#g7       
,sudan2  7#h7 ,south ,sudan2  7#i7      
,syria2 and  7#aj7 ,yemen4  #d4         
,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 ,guatemala 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 ,guatemala 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 ,june #b1 #bjah2  
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