Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Homeland Security should designate Haiti, Grenada, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to make nationals of those countries eligible for temporary protected status under that section.

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

19 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 18 Democrats

1 of 19 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Corrine Brown (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), John Conyers (D-MI), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Diane Watson (D-CA), Robert Wexler (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Major Owens.

• H.Con.Res. 450 (108th) Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the day civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner gave their lives…
• H.R. 601 (108th) To direct the Architect of the Capitol to enter into a contract to revise the statue commemorating women's suffrage located in the rotunda…
• H.R. 603 (108th) To provide for adjustment of immigration status for certain aliens granted temporary protected status in the United States because of…
• H.R. 3151 (108th) HBCU Expansion Act of 2003
• H.R. 4746 (108th) Selective Service Registration Termination Act
• H.R. 4270 (108th) Wrongful Death Accountability Act

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-11 district