1. Short title This Act may be cited as the TPS Reform Act of 2017 . 2. Temporary Protected Status (a) Power To designate a foreign state Section 244(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b) ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting the following: (1) Initial designation For purposes of this section, a foreign state shall be designated upon the enactment of an Act that satisfies the following requirements: (A) The Act shall contain a finding— (i) that there is an ongoing armed conflict within the state and, due to such conflict, requiring the return of aliens who are nationals of that state (or to the part of the state) would pose a serious threat to their personal safety; (ii) that— (I) there has been an earthquake, flood, drought, epidemic, or other immediately life-threatening environmental disaster in the state resulting in a substantial, but temporary, disruption of living conditions in the area affected; (II) the foreign state is unable, temporarily, to handle adequately the return to the state of aliens who are nationals of the state; and (III) the foreign state officially has requested designation under this subparagraph; or (iii) that there exist extraordinary and temporary conditions in the foreign state that prevent aliens who are nationals of the state from returning to the state in safety and that permitting the aliens to remain temporarily in the United States is not contrary to the national interest of the United States. (B) The Act shall include— (i) an estimate of the number of nationals of the foreign state who are (or within the effective period of the designation are likely to become) eligible for temporary protected status under this section; (ii) such nationals’ immigration status in the United States