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S. 4814: A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
119th Congress · introduced 2026-06-17 · International Affairs · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
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A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
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Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · 46 cosponsors
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Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Fetterman (D-PA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] reported raising $6.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s4814.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>
Record fed-us-cong119-s4814 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills