,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #e  ,,in ,,the ,,house
 ,,of ,,representatives  ,january #ag1  
#bjai,mr4 ,hastings 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mrs4 ,watson  
,coleman1 and ,ms4 ,shalala7 submitted  
the following concurrent resolution2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the  
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 for a  
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,,concurrent       
,,resolution  ,expressing support for   
temporary protected status for ,haitian 
nationals currently residing in the     
,united ,states1 and for other purposes4
  ,whereas in ,october of #bjaf1        
,hurricane ,matthew devastated ,haiti   
killing over #a1jjj people1 directly    
affected #b4a million people including  
the internal displacement of #age1jjj   
and #a4d million people in need of      

urgent humanitarian aid2 ,whereas the   
storm damage has been estimated to be   
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj1 or about #aa4d percent  
of the gross domestic product of ,haiti2
 ,whereas ,hurricane ,matthew was the   
worst hurricane to hit ,haiti in over   
#ej years2 ,whereas the ,department of  
,state warns ,united ,states citizens   
that current conditions make it unsafe  
to travel to southern ,haiti due to the 
devastation wrought by ,hurricane       
,matthew including roads made impassable
 by landslides1 damaged roads1 bridge   
failures and widespread damage to       
buildings and critical infrastructure2  
,whereas the total value of crop losses 
is estimated to be #cfj million2        
,whereas approximately #de percent of   
,haiti's southwest piped water supply   
was damaged by ,hurricane ,matthew2     
,whereas ,haiti continues to struggle to
 address the devastating #bjaj ,cholera 
outbreak that has killed over #i1jjj    
,haitians and infected almost #hjj1jjj  
,haitians2 ,whereas these conditions    

make it dangerous and inappropriate to  
forcibly repatriate ,haitians at this   
time2 ,whereas the ,secretary of        
,homeland ,security may grant temporary 
protective status 7,,tps7 in accordance 
with section #bdd of the ,immigration   
and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     
#abed;a7 to nationals of a country in   
which environmental or political events 
have occurred that make it temporarily  
unsafe to deport them2 ,whereas the     
,secretary of ,homeland ,security has   
granted ,,tps to nationals of other     
countries under similar conditions1     
including ,nicaragua and ,honduras in   
#aiii following ,hurricane ,mitch1 and  
,el ,salvador in #bjja following severe 
earthquakes2 and ,whereas granting      
,haitian nationals ,,tps would preserve 
the estimated #a1jjj1jjj1jjj in         
remittances sent each year to ,haiti    
from ,haitians in the ,united ,states1  
which currently outweigh the amount of  
foreign assistance given by the ,united 
,states to ,haiti and are crucial to the

 recovery of ,haiti3 ,now1 therefore1 be
 it  ,that the ,congress-- 7#a7 supports
 the granting of temporary protected    
status to ,haitian nationals currently  
residing in the ,united ,states2  7#b7  
supports the ,haitian people and the    
,government of ,haiti as they work to   
rebuild from years of natural disasters1
 economic hardship1 and political       
turmoil2 and  7#c7 acknowledges that it 
is in the best economic and security    
interests of the ,united ,states for    
,haiti to be a safe1 stable1 and        
productive country4