To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Haiti to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section during and after the pendency of certain litigation, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4112 To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Haiti to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section during and after the pendency of certain litigation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 30, 2019 Mr. HASTINGS (for himself, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. CRIST, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MUCARSEL-POW- ELL, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. SOTO, Ms. FRANKEL, and Ms. CASTOR of Flor- ida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Haiti to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section during and after the pendency of certain litigation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 3 Congress finds the following: 4 (1) On January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by a 5 magnitude 7.0 earthquake. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:36 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4112.IH H4112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4112 IH (2) Approximately 3,000,000 people were af- 1 fected by the earthquake, with an estimated 250,000 2 people losing their lives and 300,000 people suf- 3 fering injuries. 4 (3) On January 21, 2010, the United States 5 designated Haiti for temporary protected status. 6 (4) The continued designation of temporary 7 protected status for Haiti would preserve the per 8 annum estimated $1,000,000,000 in remittances 9 sent to Haiti from Haitians in the United States. 10 (5) These remittances exceed the amount of 11 foreign assistance given to Haiti by the United 12 States and are crucial to Haiti’s recovery. 13 (6) On October 20, 2010, an outbreak of chol- 14 era was confirmed for the first time in over 100 15 years. 16 (7) Haiti continues to work to recover from the 17 devastating cholera outbreak. 18 (8) The cholera outbreak is estimated to have 19 killed over an estimated 9,000 people and infected 20 nearly 800,000 Haitians. 21 (9) On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew 22 struck Haiti. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:36 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4112.IH H4112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 4112 IH (10) Hurricane Matthew resulted in the damage 1 of approximately 45 percent of Haiti’s southwest 2 piped water supply. 3 (11) Hurricane Matthew resulted in crop losses 4 estimated to be $360,000,000. 5 (12) Hurricane Matthew is estimated to have 6 killed over 1,000 people and directly affected 2.1 7 million Haitians. 8 (13) Hurricane Matthew was responsible for the 9 internal displacement of 175,000 people and left 1.4 10 million Haitians in need of urgent humanitarian aid. 11 (14) Hurricane Matthew is estimated to have 12 resulted in damages assessed at $1,000,000,000, or 13 roughly 11.4 percent of Haiti’s gross domestic prod- 14 uct. 15 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF HAITI FOR PURPOSES OF GRANT- 16 ING TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 17 For purposes of section 244 of the Immigration and 18 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), Haiti shall be treated 19 as if it had been designated under subsection (b)(1)(C) 20 of that section— 21 (1) for a period of 8 months every 3 months 22 during the period beginning on the date of the en- 23 actment of this Act and ending on the date on which 24 a final decision is rendered in both— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:36 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4112.IH H4112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 4112 IH (A) Ramos v. Nielsen (Northern District, 1 CA; Case No. 18–cv–01554); and 2 (B) Saget v. Trump (Eastern District, NY; 3 Case No. 1:18–cv–01599); and 4 (2) for the 18-month period beginning on the 5 last day of the last 8-month period under paragraph 6 (1). 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:36 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4112.IH H4112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS