S. 166: A bill to provide provisional protected presence status for certain aliens and to provide mandatory appropriations relating to border security.

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-16 · Immigration · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill to provide provisional protected presence status for certain aliens and to provide mandatory appropriations relating to border security.

Plain summary

This bill provides for protected presence status for certain types of aliens and mandatory appropriations for immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security shall grant provisional protected presence status to a qualified alien who applies for such status, which prevents removal from the United States and provides employment authorization. Such status shall be effective for three years from the bill's enactment. To qualify for such status, the alien shall be a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient who was born after June 15, 1981, and entered the United States before age 16. The bill imposes other requirements, including enrolling in or having completed various types of schooling or military service. The bill also provides for renewable provisional protected presence status for aliens who had temporary protected status or deferred enforced departure status on or before October 1, 2017. Renewable provisional protected presence status shall be granted for three years upon a successful application and is renewable indefinitely. Both types of protected presence status are limited to aliens who have not been convicted of various crimes, do not pose a threat to national security, and have been physically present in the country for a certain amount of time.

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Official text

A bill to provide provisional protected presence status for certain aliens and to provide mandatory appropriations relating to border security.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · 0 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (4)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s166.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s166 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116