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Yemen TPS Act

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Yemen for temporary protected status.

Introduced Oct 19, 2026

Latest action (Oct 19, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
International Affairs
Issues
Immigration

Summary
  • Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Yemen for temporary protected status, a temporary immigration status that allows eligible nationals of designated countries to remain in the United States.
  • Applies "notwithstanding any other provision of law," so the designation would take effect regardless of other statutory requirements.
  • Keeps the designation in effect until three months after January 20, 2029.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
14 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Rashida Tlaib’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • APPLE $16,898
  • BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE $15,905
  • DANA INVESTMENT CORP $15,900
  • MICROSOFT $15,695
  • ACCESS $14,743

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Rashida Tlaib → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Oct 19, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Oct 19, 2026 Introduced in House

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 19, 2026

Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Mr. Carson, Mr. Costa, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Norton, Ms. Omar, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Simon, Mr. Thanedar, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Yemen for temporary protected status.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Yemen TPS Act”.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF YEMEN FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall designate Yemen for temporary protected status until the date that is 3 months after January 20, 2029. <all>

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Oct 19, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

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