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House resolution · 108th Congress · Did not become law

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Homeland Security should designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to make nationals of Haiti eligible for temporary protected status under such section.

H.Res. 542Introduced Feb 26, 2004Policy area: Immigration
Sponsor: Rep. Kendrick Meek D-FL
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 2, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

51 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 50 Democrats

1 of 51 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.

Frank Ballance (D-NC), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Artur Davis (D-AL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), William Jefferson (D-LA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Nita Lowey (D-NY) and 21 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kendrick Meek.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-17 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.