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| Long title | A Bill to designate Venezuela under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Venezuela to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section, and for other purposes. |
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| Nicknames | Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 |
| Announced in | the 116th United States Congress |
| Number of co-sponsors | 33 |
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The Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 is a bill in the 116th United States Congress sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL) and Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL).[1] It aims to extend temporary protected status to Venezuelan nationals in light of the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis and the crisis in Venezuela in general.
The bill was introduced to the House as H.R. 549 on January 15, 2019.[2]
The bill was reintroduced in the 117th congress in 2021 (H.R. 161 and S. 50).
- ^ "Reps. Soto, Diaz-Balart Introduce Bipartisan Venezuela TPS Act of 2019". Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart. January 17, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ^ Soto, Darren (January 15, 2019). "H.R.549 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): To designate Venezuela under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Venezuela to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section, and for other purposes". www.congress.gov. Retrieved January 20, 2019.