,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #abh  #aafth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #edi
  ,report ,no4 #aaf-afh  ,,in ,,the     
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,january
 #ae1 #bjai ,mr4 ,soto 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,diaz-,balart7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,july 
#bc1 #bjai;,additional sponsors3 ,mrs4  
,murphy1 ,ms4 ,shalala1 ,ms4 ,wasserman 
,schultz1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,mr4  
,hastings1 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of      
,puerto ,rico1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,crist1
 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle  
of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,levin of        
,michigan1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1    
,mr4 ,deutch1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,mr4       
,moulton1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,mr4 ,trone1   
,mr4 ,evans1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4         
,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,mr4 ,smith of   
,washington1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4       
,espaillat1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,mr4 ,garca of  
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,curtis1 ,mr4 ,phillips1
 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 
,smith of ,new ,jersey1 and ,mr4 ,suozzi

  ,july #bc1 #bjai ,reported with an    
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,january 
#ae1 #bjai  ,a ,,bill  ,to designate    
,venezuela under section #bdd of the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
permit nationals of ,venezuela to be    
eligible for temporary protected status 
under such section1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,venezuela ,,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 ,venezuela shall
 be treated as if it had been designated
 under subsection 7b77#a77;,c7 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 ,venezuela 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  ,july #bc1 #bjai ,reported   

with an amendment1 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed