119-hr4201

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4201 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4201

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the procedure to 
 designate a foreign state, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 26, 2025

 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
 Cloud, Mr. Babin, and Mr. Perry) introduced the following bill; which 
 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the procedure to 
 designate a foreign state, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``TPS Reform Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.

    (a) Power To Designate a Foreign State.--

Section 244

    (b) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a

    (b) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking paragraphs

    (1) ,

    (2) , and

    (3) and inserting 
 the following:
 ``

    (1) Initial designation.--For purposes of this section, a 
 foreign state shall be designated upon the enactment of an Act 
 that satisfies the following requirements:
 ``
        (A) The Act shall contain a 

=== finding ===
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 ``
            (i) that there is an ongoing armed 
 conflict within the state and, due to such 
 conflict, requiring the return of aliens who 
 are nationals of that state (or to the part of 
 the state) would pose a serious threat to their 
 personal safety;
 ``
            (ii) that--
 ``
            (I) there has been an earthquake, 
 flood, drought, epidemic, or other 
 immediately life-threatening 
 environmental disaster in the state 
 resulting in a substantial, but 
 temporary, disruption of living 
 conditions in the area affected;
 ``
            (II) the foreign state is unable, 
 temporarily, to handle adequately the 
 return to the state of aliens who are 
 nationals of the state; and
 ``
            (III) the foreign state 
 officially has requested designation 
 under this subparagraph; or
 ``
            (iii) that there exist extraordinary and 
 temporary conditions in the foreign state that 
 prevent aliens who are nationals of the state 
 from returning to the state in safety and that 
 permitting the aliens to remain temporarily in 
 the United States is not contrary to the 
 national interest of the United States.
 ``
        (B) The Act shall include--
 ``
            (i) an estimate of the number of 
 nationals of the foreign state who are (or 
 within the effective period of the designation 
 are likely to become) eligible for temporary 
 protected status under this section;
 ``
            (ii) such nationals' immigration status 
 in the United States; and
 ``
            (iii) a time period for the effectiveness 
 of the designation that is not greater than 18 
 months.
 ``

    (2) Termination.--
 ``
        (A) Timely termination.--If an initial 
 designation of a foreign state is not extended under 
 paragraph

    (3) , the initial designation shall terminate 
 at the end of the time period described in paragraph

    (1)
        (B)
            (iii) .
 ``
        (B) Early termination.--For purposes of this 
 section, the designation of a foreign state shall be 
 terminated upon the enactment of an Act that contains a 
 finding that the foreign state (or part of such foreign 
 state) no longer meets the conditions for designation 
 under paragraph

    (1)
        (A) .
 ``

    (3) Extension.--For purposes of this section, the time 
 period for the effectiveness of the designation of a foreign 
 state shall be extended upon the enactment of an Act that 
 includes--
 ``
        (A) a finding that the conditions for designation 
 under paragraph

    (1)
        (A) continue to be met; and
 ``
        (B) a time period for the effectiveness of the 
 extension that is not greater than 12 months.''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (5)
        (A) , by striking ``of the Attorney 
 General'' and inserting ``made in any Act''.

    (b) Aliens Lacking Lawful Immigration Status.--

Section 244
            (c) (2)
        (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a
            (c) (2)
        (B) ) is 
amended--

    (1) in clause
            (i) , by striking ``, or'' at the end and 
 inserting a semicolon;

    (2) in clause
            (ii) , by striking the period at the end and 
 inserting ``; or''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iii) the alien lacks a lawful 
 immigration status.''.
            (c) Conforming Amendments.--

Section 244 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a et seq.) is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (d) (3) , by striking ``If the Attorney 
 General terminates the designation of a foreign state (or part 
 of such foreign state) under subsection

    (b)

    (3)
        (B) '' and 
 inserting ``If the designation of a foreign state (or part of 
 such foreign state) is terminated under 

section 244

    (b)

    (2) ''; 
 and

    (2) in subsection
            (i) (1) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking the comma at 
 the end and adding ``; and'';
        (B) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking ``, and'' at 
 the end and inserting a period; and
            (C) by striking subparagraph
            (C) .
            (d) Technical Corrections.--

Section 244 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), as amended by subsections

    (a) and

    (b) of this Act, is further amended by striking ``Attorney General'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''.
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