,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aibf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bg1 #bjai,mr4
 ,phillips 7for himself and ,mr4        
,fitzpatrick7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to provide temporary protected status  
for certain nationals of ,liberia1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,protect 
,our ,liberian ,community ,act of #bjai4
  #b4 ,temporary protected status for   
certain nationals of ,liberia  7a7 ,in  
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 a national of ,liberia
 shall be deemed to be registered for   
temporary protected status in the       
,united ,states under section #bdd7;c7  
of the ,immigration and ,nationality    
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abed;a7c77 as of    
,april #a1 #bjai1 for a period of #c    
years if such national of ,liberia was--
  7#a7 registered for temporary         
protected status at any time2 and  7#b7 

present in the ,united ,states under    
deferred enforced departure1 in         
accordance with the ,presidential       
,memorandum issued on ,march #bg1 #bjah1
 on ,march #cj1 #bjai4  7b7 ,automatic  
extension of employment authorization   
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of     
,homeland ,security 7referred to in this
 section as the ,secretary7 shall       
automatically extend the employment     
authorization of nationals of ,liberia  
described in subsection 7a7 for the     
#c-year period beginning on ,april #a1  
#bjai1 and the employment authorization 
documents of such nationals of ,liberia 
shall be valid for that period4  7#b7   
,publication ,not later than #ad days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary shall publish in   
the ,federal ,register notification of  
the extension under paragraph 7#a74     
7#c7 ,lapse in authorization ,any lapse 
in employment authorization of a        
national of ,liberia described in       
subsection 7a7 between ,april #a1 #bjai1

 and the date of the enactment of this  
,act shall not affect the extension     
under paragraph 7#a7 or the validity of 
the employment authorization document of
 such national of ,liberia for the      
period described in that paragraph4     
7#d7 ,documentation ,not later than #cj 
days after the date on which a national 
of ,liberia described in subsection 7a7 
submits a request for documentation of  
the extension under paragraph 7#a71 the 
,secretary shall provide such           
documentation to the national of        
,liberia4