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H.Res. 965 · Congress
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
What does this mean?

This isn't actually a bill about Haiti itself — it's a procedural resolution that sets the rules for how the House of Representatives will debate and vote on a separate bill, H.R. 1689. That underlying bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security (the federal official in charge of immigration enforcement, among other things) to grant Haiti "temporary protected status," which lets people already in the U.S. from a country facing crisis (like war or natural disaster) stay and work here legally without fear of deportation until conditions improve. This resolution doesn't decide that question one way or the other; it just controls things like how long lawmakers get to debate the Haiti bill and what amendments, if any, can be offered before the House votes on it.

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Bill Lifecycle
Real action history from Congress.gov — where this bill is in the process, and every recorded step along the way.
Referred to Committee
Dec 18, 2025
Passed House
Apr 16, 2026
Full action history (18)
Dec 18, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Dec 18, 2025Submitted in House
Jan 22, 2026Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Pressley. Petition No: 119-15. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2026012215">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Mar 27, 2026Motion to discharge the Committee on Rules filed by Ms. Pressley. Assigned to the Discharge Calendar, Calendar No. 5.
Apr 15, 2026POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Res. 965, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the resolution and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Pressley demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
Apr 15, 2026The previous question was ordered without objection.
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