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

Where it stands

1. Introduced Done · Feb 27, 2025
2. Committee Done · Feb 27, 2025
3. Passed House Done · Apr 16, 2026
4. Passed Senate Not yet
5. President Not yet
6. Law Not yet

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Key points

What it changes

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Who it affects

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What it costs

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Where it stands

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374. (Apr 21, 2026)

What happens next

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Official summary

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 (Introduced in House version), via Congress.gov. These are proposed provisions, not enacted law.

Recorded votes

1. HOUSEFinal passageApr 16, 2026 · roll call 120

   On Passage: Passed (224–204)

   This vote decided whether the bill passes this chamber.
   Votes by party

   How each party voted on roll call 120

   Party	Yes	No	Present	Did not vote	Share voting Yes
   Democratic	213	0	0	0
   Republican	10	204	0	3
   Independent	1	0	0	0

   Party totals from the official roll call.

   Office of the Clerk, U.S. House ↗ — includes how every member voted

Vote types come from the official question text. How we label votes

Legislative history

1. Apr 21, 2026Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
2. Apr 20, 2026Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
3. Apr 17, 2026Received in the Senate.
4. Apr 16, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. Apr 16, 2026The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
8. Apr 16, 2026DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 1689.
9. Apr 16, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1689.
10. Apr 16, 2026Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 965. (consideration: CR H2940-2947)
11. Feb 27, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
12. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
13. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House