119-s696

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 696 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 696

 To provide temporary Ukrainian guest status for eligible aliens, and 
 for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 24, 2025

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
 Blumenthal, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To provide temporary Ukrainian guest status for eligible aliens, 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 ``Protecting Our Guests During 
Hostilities in Ukraine Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) In general.--Any term used in this Act that is used in 
 the immigration laws shall have the meaning given such term in 
 the immigration laws.

    (2) Eligible alien.--The term ``eligible alien'' means an 
 alien who was paroled under the Uniting for Ukraine parole 
 process announced on April 21, 2022.

    (3) Immigration laws.--The term ``immigration laws'' has 
 the meaning given such term in 

section 101

    (a)

    (17) of the 
 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101

    (a)

    (17) ).

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY UKRAINIAN GUEST STATUS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an 
eligible alien shall be considered to be admitted to the United States 
in Ukrainian guest status as of the date on which the eligible alien 
was first paroled into the United States.

    (b) Employment Authorization.--An alien in Ukrainian guest status 
under this section is authorized to be employed in the United States 
incident to and for the duration of such status.
            (c) Expiration.--Ukrainian guest status under this section shall 
expire on the date that is 120 days after the date on which the 
Secretary of State determines that--

    (1) hostilities in Ukraine have ceased; and

    (2) conditions in Ukraine allow for the safe and reasonable 
 return of civilians to Ukraine.
            (d) Revocation.--The Ukrainian guest status of an alien may be 
revoked if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that the alien 
is described in 

section 241

    (b)

    (3)
        (B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1231

    (b)

    (3)
        (B) ).
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