1HOUSE · APR 16, 2026
Passed the House
224–204PASSED
R 10–204 D 213–0 I 1–0
On Passage · roll 120 · 3 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
Sponsor: Rep. Laura Gillen D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseApr 16, 2026 · 224–204
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 2026 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1689.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GILLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H919):section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1689, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1689
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1689. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Laura Gillen.
- H.R. 9026 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Atlantic Avenue in Oceanside, New York, as the "Detective Luis…
- H.R. 6744 (119th) Military Air Traffic Control Transition Act
- H.R. 2049 (119th) Access to Family Building Act
- H.R. 9795 (119th) Never Forget the Victims of Terrorism: Joseph D. Mistrulli and Alan Kleinberg USVSST Fund Solvency Act
- H.R. 4019 (119th) Gio’s Law
- H.R. 8410 (119th) Safe Tracks Act
Related bills
- S. 4814 (119th) A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.Identical bill
- H.Res. 965 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary…Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.