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119th Congress / H.R. 10986 / Federal

Lebanon
TPS Act

A new play has been called.
It is not a law yet.

The proposal would require Homeland Security to designate Lebanon for temporary protected status from the day it becomes law until April 20, 2029.

CURRENT STAGE: HOUSE COMMITTEE

Record checked November 11, 2026 · Snapshot, not a live feed

Official portrait of Representative Rashida Tlaib
Lead sponsor · Michigan 12
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat · U.S. House
Photo: official House website
19Original cosponsors
Nov 10Introduced in 2026
JudiciaryHouse committee assigned
Not lawNo passage in checked record

The play, in plain words

What the bill actually says

A temporary designation

The bill tells the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Lebanon for TPS until April 20, 2029. Its start date would be the date of enactment, meaning the day it becomes law.

The introduced text has two sections: a short title and the designation. Read the original text below.

What that does not mean

Proposal ≠ protection granted

Introducing this bill does not make it law, approve anyone’s individual application or prove that someone qualifies.

This page does not determine anyone’s immigration status or current filing deadline. Check the official agency instructions for an individual case.

Translate the sports talk: The sponsor starts the play. Cosponsors add their names. The committee is the next review stage. A cosponsor’s name is not a recorded floor vote.

Where is the ball?

  1. 1 · IntroducedNovember 10, 2026
  2. 2 · CommitteeReferred to House Judiciary
  3. 3 · HousePassage not recorded
  4. 4 · SenatePassage not recorded
  5. 5 · EnactmentNot recorded

Simplified path, not a prediction. Both chambers must agree on the same text, followed by presidential approval or another constitutional route to enactment.

Play-by-play

Nov 10: Tlaib introduced H.R.10986. All 19 cosponsors joined on that date. The bill was referred to Judiciary.

Nov 11: Official records and Tlaib’s office announcement were reviewed for this page.

Next things to watch

  • A hearing, markup or committee report
  • New or withdrawn cosponsors
  • A changed text or amendment
  • A recorded vote or new chamber action

No hearing, markup, amendment or roll-call vote appears in the bill-status record checked. This is not a claim about private discussions.

Every name on the play

Sponsor: Rashida Tlaib, Democrat, Michigan District 12. Below are all 19 original cosponsors listed in the official record, with their state and district.

All listed cosponsors are Democrats. Eleanor Holmes Norton represents the District of Columbia as its at-large delegate, a different role from a voting House representative.

Showing 19 of 19 cosponsors

Roster baseline: November 11, 2026. All 19 joined November 10. No withdrawal is listed. Future changes require a new record check; this page does not update itself.

Why Michigan shows up

Four Michigan offices on this bill

12 · 6 · 8 · 3

Tlaib is the sponsor for MI-12. Debbie Dingell (MI-6), Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-8) and Hillary Scholten (MI-3) are cosponsors.

That shows participation by these offices. It does not show that every resident supports the bill.

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Possible impact, not a measured result

Families and neighbors

The sponsors describe the bill as protection for Lebanese neighbors who cannot safely return. If enacted and implemented, it could matter to eligible people and their families.

No verified count of eligible people by district, district dollar impact or measured outcome is included in the records checked. Lebanese American population is not the same as TPS eligibility.

Who is backing it?

Tlaib’s November 11 office release reports support from more than 100 organizations. This is the office’s endorsement list, not a list of donors and not independent confirmation from every group.

Open the full organization list reported by the office

99 Coalition, African Communities Together (ACT), Alianza Americas, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), The American Task Force on Lebanon, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, Arab America, Arab American Civic Council, Arab American Heritage Council, Arab American Institute (AAI), Arab Resource & Organizing Center Action (AROC Action), Arlington for Palestine, Borderlands Resource Initiative, CAIR Action, Center for Constitutional Rights, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Church World Service, Climate Refugees, Codepink, CommonDefense, Communities United for Status & Protection (CUSP), Community Alliance for Peace and Justice, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), DAWN, Disability Justice for Palestine, Doctors Against Genocide, Environmentalists Against War, Families for Freedom, Forensic Architecture, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ, Good Trouble Monroe, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Haitian Bridge Alliance, Hindus for Human Rights Action, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, IMEU Policy Project, Immigration Justice Action Team, Indivisible Mass Coalition, Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, Indivisible Marin, Institute for Policy Studies New Internationalism Project, Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, Jewish Voice for Peace, Just Foreign Policy, The Justice Coalition, Justice Is Global, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention, Majdal: Arab Community Center of San Diego, MARUF CT, Maryland United for Peace and Justice, Methodist Federation for Social Action, Migrant Roots Media, Migrant Support Collective, MIRA/Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, Muslim Democratic Caucus, Muslims United PAC, National Immigration Law Center, National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & Michigan Chapter, National Nurses United, National Partnership for New Americans, New Mexico Alliance for Justice in Palestine, NM Comunidades en Accion y de Fe (NM CAFe), No Concentration Camps US, NorCal Resist, North Shore Sides With Love, Northeast Pennsylvania Democratic Socialists of America, Oasis Legal Services, OPAWL – Building AAPI Feminist Leadership, Organize for Peace, Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore, Pax Christi New York State, Peace Action, Peace Action Montgomery, Peace Action New York State, Peace, Justice, Sustainability NOW!, Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, Presbyterian Church (USA) Office of Public Witness, Progressive Caucus Michigan Democratic Party, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), Progressive Democrats of America – Central New Mexico, Progressive Peace Coalition, Rabbis for Ceasefire, Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice, Ramallah Club of Metro Detroit, ReThinking Foreign Policy, River Valley for Palestine, RootsAction, Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA), The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP), Texas Civil Rights Project, The United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society, United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR), United Church of Christ, Veterans For Peace, We are CASA , Western New York Peace Center, Worcester Multi Faith for Palestine, and Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation

Read the original office announcement ↗

Their stated case

Safety and temporary protection

The sponsoring offices argue that conditions in Lebanon make a safe return dangerous and that people need stability. That is their stated rationale, not an independent finding about every claim in the release.

The release’s claim about the current TPS expiration was not independently verified in this check. No current deadline is asserted here.

Follow the money

Support is not a payment

Bill text: no dollar appropriation is stated in its two sections. That does not mean implementation has no cost.

Cost estimate, grants, payments: none verified for this bill in this review.

Group funding: not traced here. An endorsement alone does not establish a contribution, coordination or influence over a vote.

How to investigate a group’s funding without jumping to conclusions
  1. Match the group’s exact legal name and filing ID. Similar names may be different organizations.
  2. Separate campaign contributions, independent spending and nonprofit grants.
  3. Use dates, amended filings and the original transaction record.
  4. Keep public funds separate from party or campaign money.
  5. Say when donor information is not publicly disclosed. A missing record is not proof of hidden wrongdoing.

FEC campaign records · IRS nonprofit records · Federal awards and spending

Quick replay

A lawmaker puts their name on a bill as a cosponsor. Does that mean the bill is law?

Check the receipts

Source check: November 11, 2026. Official text controls over a headline or a press release.

  1. Introduced bill text · H.R.10986
    Original government XML. Section 2 supplies the start condition and April 20, 2029 end date.
  2. Official status, sponsor, all cosponsors and actions
    Government XML. Source for districts, joining dates and Judiciary referral.
  3. Tlaib’s office announcement
    Source for the offices’ rationale and reported organization endorsements, not proof of funding.
What this page can and cannot establish

The official bill and status records establish the introduction, text, sponsor, original cosponsors and referral shown here. The office release supplies attributed statements and its endorsement list.

Current immigration deadlines, individual eligibility, group funding, implementation cost and measurable district effects were not independently established for this page. Official records can appear later than the action itself. No prediction, legal advice or endorsement is implied.

Update log: November 11, 2026: initial sourced briefing and 19-person roster added. Corrections should identify the claim, dated original source and what changed.

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