,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjai,mr4 
,hastings 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,deutch1   
,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1 ,mrs4         
,demings1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,ms4 ,wasserman  
,schultz1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,ms4  
,shalala1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 ,frankel1 and
 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida7 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 section     
during and after the pendency of certain
 litigation1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,on ,january #ab1 #bjaj1
 ,haiti was hit by a magnitude #g4j     
earthquake4  7#b7 ,approximately        
#c1jjj1jjj people were affected by the  
earthquake1 with an estimated #bej1jjj  
people losing their lives and #cjj1jjj  

people suffering injuries4  7#c7 ,on    
,january #ba1 #bjaj1 the ,united ,states
 designated ,haiti for temporary        
protected status4  7#d7 ,the continued  
designation of temporary protected      
status for ,haiti would preserve the per
 annum estimated #a1jjj1jjj1jjj in      
remittances sent to ,haiti from         
,haitians in the ,united ,states4  7#e7 
,these remittances exceed the amount of 
foreign assistance given to ,haiti by   
the ,united ,states and are crucial to  
,haiti's recovery4  7#f7 ,on ,october   
#bj1 #bjaj1 an outbreak of cholera was  
confirmed for the first time in over    
#ajj years4  7#g7 ,haiti continues to   
work to recover from the devastating    
cholera outbreak4  7#h7 ,the cholera    
outbreak is estimated to have killed    
over an estimated #i1jjj people and     
infected nearly #hjj1jjj ,haitians4     
7#i7 ,on ,october #d1 #bjaf1 ,hurricane 
,matthew struck ,haiti4  7#aj7          
,hurricane ,matthew resulted in the     
damage of approximately #de percent of  

,haiti's southwest piped water supply4  
7#aa7 ,hurricane ,matthew resulted in   
crop losses estimated to be             
#cfj1jjj1jjj4  7#ab7 ,hurricane ,matthew
 is estimated to have killed over #a1jjj
 people and directly affected #b4a      
million ,haitians4  7#ac7 ,hurricane    
,matthew was responsible for the        
internal displacement of #age1jjj people
 and left #a4d million ,haitians in need
 of urgent humanitarian aid4  7#ad7     
,hurricane ,matthew is estimated to have
 resulted in damages assessed at        
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj1 or roughly #aa4d percent
 of ,haiti's gross domestic product4    
#b4 ,designation of ,haiti for purposes 
of granting temporary protected status  
,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 7b77#a77;,c7 of that   
section--  7#a7 for a period of #h      
months every #c months during the period
 beginning on the date of the enactment 

of this ,act and ending on the date on  
which a final decision is rendered in   
both--  7,a7 ,ramos v4 ,nielsen         
7,northern ,district1 ,,ca2 ,case ,no4  
#ah-;cv-#jaeed72 and  7,b7 ,saget v4    
,trump 7,eastern ,district1 ,,ny2 ,case 
,no4 #a3ah-;cv-#jaeii72 and  7#b7 for   
the #ah-month period beginning on the   
last day of the last #h-month period    
under paragraph 7#a74