H.R. 1689 · 119th Congress · International affairs
Haiti Temporary Protected Status Designation
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Apr 16, 2026
Roll call ↗224
204
Passed the House.
Passed the House on April 16, 2026.
Latest action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- CommitteeFeb 27, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 16, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 8
- 7 Democrats, 1 Republican
- House committee
- Judiciary
- Lobbying
- At least 18
- organizations named it2026 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
This bill orders the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, April 16, 2026
Nay unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
This bill orders the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status. That designation lets Haitian nationals already in the United States stay and work legally rather than face removal. Congress removes the Secretary's discretion here. The text uses "notwithstanding any other provision of law" and "shall designate," so the designation is mandatory, not a judgment call. Congress also fixes how long it lasts. The designation runs until three months after January 20, 2029. The House passed this version on April 16, 2026.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 18 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 34 quarterly reports filed by 18 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: American Civil Liberties Union; AFL-CIO; National Immigration Law Center (NILC); Heritage Action for America; Federation for American Immigration Reform. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 13 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.