TPS Reform Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4201 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4201 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the procedure to designate a foreign state, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2025 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Crane, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Babin, and Mr. Perry) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the procedure to designate a foreign state, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``TPS Reform Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. (a) Power To Designate a Foreign State.--Section 244(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting the following: ``(1) Initial designation.--For purposes of this section, a foreign state shall be designated upon the enactment of an Act that satisfies the following requirements: ``(A) The Act shall contain a finding-- ``(i) that there is an ongoing armed conflict within the state and, due to such conflict, requiring the return of aliens who are nationals of that state (or to the part of the state) would pose a serious threat to their personal safety; ``(ii) that-- ``(I) there has been an earthquake, flood, drought, epidemic, or other immediately life-threatening environmental disaster in the state resulting in a substantial, but temporary, disruption of living conditions in the area affected; ``(II) the foreign state is unable, temporarily, to handle adequately the return to the