,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ab1      
#bjai,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida 7for      
herself1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1
 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,blunt        
,rochester1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1
 ,mr4 ,sablan1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4     
,tonko1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,cox of    
,california1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4 ,lawson 
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,thompson of          
,california1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mr4         
,de,saulnier1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,ms4      
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mrs4 ,watson   
,coleman1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4
 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mrs4 ,demings1 
,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1    
,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,levin of
 ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4       
,moore1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 
,courtney1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1    
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4  
,david ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mrs4        
,dingell1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4 ,soto1   
,mr4 ,crist1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1  

,ms4 ,frankel1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mrs4       
,beatty1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1 ,ms4 
,bass1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4   
,evans1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 
,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,adams1
 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,mr4 ,scott of         
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,morelle1 ,mr4          
,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4         
,cummings1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,ms4          
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4         
,garamendi1 and ,mr4 ,suozzi7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on the   
,budget1 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 
,a ,,bill  ,to designate the            
,commonwealth of ,the ,bahamas under    
section #bdd of the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act to permit nationals of
 the ,commonwealth of ,the ,bahamas to  
be eligible for temporary protected     

status under such section1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,bahamas ,,tps ,act 
of #bjai4  #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 the ,commonwealth of
 ,the ,bahamas shall be treated as if it
 had been designated under subsection   
7b7 of that section1 subject to the     
provisions of this section4  7#b7       
,period of designation ,the initial     
period of the designation referred to in
 paragraph 7#a7 shall be for the        
#ah-month period beginning on the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4  7b7     
,aliens eligible ,as a result of the    
designation made under subsection 7a71  
an alien who is a national of the       
,commonwealth of ,the ,bahamas is deemed
 to satisfy the requirements under      
paragraph 7#a7 of section #bdd7;c7 of   
the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act  

7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abed;a7c771 subject to   
paragraph 7#c7 of such section1 if the  
alien--  7#a7 has been continuously     
physically present in the ,united       
,states since the date of the enactment 
of this ,act2  7#b7 is admissible as an 
immigrant1 except as otherwise provided 
in paragraph 7#b77;,a7 of such section1 
and is not ineligible for temporary     
protected status under paragraph        
7#b77;,b7 of such section2 and  7#c7    
registers for temporary protected status
 in a manner established by the         
,secretary of ,homeland ,security4  7c7 
,consent ,to travel abroad  7#a7 ,in    
general ,the ,secretary of ,homeland    
,security shall give prior consent to   
travel abroad1 in accordance with       
section #bdd7;f77#c7 of the ,immigration
 and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4    
#abed;a7f77#c771 to an alien who is     
granted temporary protected status      
pursuant to the designation made under  
subsection 7a7 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  7#b7 ,treatment upon return ,an
 alien returning to the ,united ,states 
in accordance with an authorization     
described in paragraph 7#a7 shall be    
treated as any other returning alien    
provided temporary protected status     
under section #bdd of the ,immigration  
and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     
#abed;a74  #c4 ,determination of        
budgetary effects ,the budgetary effects
 of this ,act1 for the purpose of       
complying with the ,statutory           
,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of #bjaj1 shall  
be determined by reference to the latest
 statement titled ,budgetary ,effects of
 ,,paygo ,legislation for this ,act1    
submitted for printing in the           
,congressional ,record by the ,chairman 
of the ,house ,budget ,committee1       
provided that such statement has been   
submitted prior to the vote on passage4