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HR 1689Passed HouseForeign Affairshouse
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 by Rep. Laura Gillen
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The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
Latest action · Apr 21, 2026
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
What it does
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.
Roll-call votes
On Passage
house · Apr 16, 2026
History
- Apr 21, 2026Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
- Apr 20, 2026Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Apr 17, 2026Received in the Senate.
- Apr 16, 2026Passed/agreed to in 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)
- Apr 16, 2026The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Apr 16, 2026DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 1689.
- Apr 16, 2026Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 965. (consideration: CR H2940-2947)
- Apr 16, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1689.
- Apr 16, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 16, 2026On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 204 (Roll no. 120). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2940)
- Feb 27, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House