H.R. 1689 · 119th Congress
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
Status: Passed House
- Introduced (done)
- Committee (done)
- Passed House (current)
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Law
Latest action
: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
Summary
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months beginning August 3, 2025. (Eligible nationals of a TPS-designated country may obtain employment authorization, may not be detained on the basis of their immigration status, and are not subject to removal while they retain TPS.)
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Actions
- Senate
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
- Senate
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Senate
Received in the Senate.
- House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- House
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 204 (Roll no. 120). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2940)
- House
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- House
DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 1689.
- House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1689.
- House
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 965. (consideration: CR H2940-2947)
- House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Roll-call votes
On Passage (Passed, 224–204)