To designate Ukraine under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide certain nationals of Ukraine with continued eligibility for temporary protected status, and for other purposes.

When the existing designation expires on October 19, 2026, Ukraine would be treated as designated from October 20, 2026, through July 1, 2029. If the Act is enacted after October 20, 2026, it would apply retroactively to that date, and eligible people would not accrue unlawful presence during the retroactive period.

Eligible applicants would include Ukrainian nationals and people with no nationality who last habitually resided in Ukraine, if they meet the bill’s residence, physical-presence, admissibility and registration requirements. They must have continuously resided in and been physically present in the United States since the Act’s enactment.

The Department of Homeland Security would receive and process applications for temporary protected status and related employment authorization. It would have to complete each application’s adjudication within 90 days after receiving it.

DHS would have to give prior consent for a brief, temporary trip abroad when a person granted status under the designation shows that emergency circumstances beyond their control require the trip. On return with that authorization, the person would be treated like other returning people with temporary protected status.