H.R. 1689House bill · 119th CongressOn the calendarInternational Affairs

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.

Sponsored byLaura GillenD-NY-4Introduced Feb 27, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Apr 21, 2026) Read the second time. under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Feb 27, 2025

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.)

Face Value

as passed the House
100Narrow

How much of this bill its name accounts for.

  • Every bill starts at100
  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

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What Congress did

1 recorded
  • decisive vote

    House · Apr 16, 2026

    Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.

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    Passed

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Who lobbied on this

2 organizations

These organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.

  • …Act Termination of TPS Status for Haiti H-1B Petitions Fee DOL Proposed Rule Revising Prevailing Wage Methodology for H-1B, PERM Visa Programs H.R. 1689: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status filing ↗
  • Argentumno position stated
    …H.R. 1689, TPS Extension Act, to designate Haiti for temporary protected status through April… filing ↗

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