1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nicaragua TPS Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Since April 18, 2018, protesters in Nicaragua have demanded transparent government without corruption, access to necessities such as food and medicines, and free, fair, multiparty elections. (2) The World Bank reported that Nicaragua’s economy contracted by 3.8 percent in 2018, and expects the economic downturn to continue to an estimated decrease in growth of 5 percent in 2019. (3) The United States Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018 stated that between the protests of April 18, 2018, and late November 2018, at least 325 persons died, more than 2,000 were injured, and hundreds more were illegally detained and tortured, while more than 52,000 fled to neighboring countries. (4) The United States Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights for 2018 stated that [h]uman rights deteriorated markedly during the year. Issues included reports of unlawful or arbitrary killings committed by the government or its agents; forced disappearance by parapolice forces; torture; physical abuse, including rape, by government officials; and arbitrary arrest and detention. There were harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; political prisoners; arbitrary and unlawful interference with privacy; arrests of journalists, censorship, site blocking, and criminal libel; and substantial interference with the rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of association, including attacks on the Roman Catholic Church and Church officials. The government stripped the legal status of several nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations, seizing their assets and preventing them from operating. There was widespread corruption; trafficking in persons; attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons; discrimination against ethnic minorities and indigenous communities