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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 170 (Tuesday, November 29, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SABLAN:H.R. 6401.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, 4, and ArticleIV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H6365]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act</strong></p> <p>This bill: (1) requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the supplemental education fee charged to a prospective employer for each CNMI (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)-Only Transitional Worker who is issued a permit during the transition period to U.S. immigration law, (2) allows such a permit for construction occupations to be issued only to extend a permit first issued before October 1, 2015, and (3) caps the number of permits issued for such nonimmigrant workers for FY2017 at 15,000.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><strong>Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill: (1) requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the supplemental education fee charged to a prospective employer for each CNMI (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)-Only Transitional Worker who is issued a permit during the transition period to U.S. immigration law, (2) allows such a permit for construction occupations to be issued only to extend a permit first issued before October 1, 2015, and (3) caps the number of permits issued for such nonimmigrant workers for FY2017 at 15,000.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act</title>
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