3.0.0 339 2023-03-22T19:50:48Z 2023-03-22T19:50:48Z House HR 2017-01-05 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SABLAN:H.R. 339.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives, the following statement ins submittedregarding the specific powers granted to Congress in theConstitution to enact the accompanying bill or jointresolution.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following: Under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3and 4 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitutionof the United States.[Page H183]]]> sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2017-08-01T23:43:31Z Hearings by 2017-04-27T14:00:00Z Referred to 2017-02-01T23:35:34Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2017-01-10T22:22:43Z Referred to 2017-01-05T15:06:05Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-01-05T15:06:00Z 2017-08-22 Became Public Law No: 115-53. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2017-08-22 Became Public Law No: 115-53. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2017-08-22 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2017-08-22 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2017-08-11 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2017-08-11 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2017-08-11 09:05:22 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. ResolvingDifferences H41931 2 House floor actions 2017-08-11 09:05:21 On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H6601; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H6601) ResolvingDifferences H41610 2 House floor actions 2017-08-11 Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.(consideration: CR H6601; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H6601) NotUsed 19500 9 Library of Congress 2017-08-11 09:04:58 Mrs. Comstock asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's Table and agree to the Senate amendment. ResolvingDifferences H40110 2 House floor actions 2017-08-02 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2017-08-01 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2017-08-01 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2017-08-01 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4686-4687) Floor 2017-08-01 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2017-08-01 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2017-04-27 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-252. Committee 2017-02-01 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-01-31 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2017-01-30 16:43:52 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2017-01-30 16:43:50 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H710) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2017-01-30 16:43:50 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H710) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-30 16:38:55 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 339. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2017-01-30 16:38:53 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H710-712) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2017-01-30 16:38:39 Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2017-01-10 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Committee 2017-01-05 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-01-05 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2017-01-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001177 Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] Gregorio Sablan D MP Kilili Camacho N Public Law 115-53 Immigration Building construction Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Licensing and registrations Northern Mariana Islands User charges and fees Immigration 00 2017-01-05 Introduced in House 2018-03-29T15:59:14Z Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act

This bill: (1) requires the Department of Homeland Security to increase the supplemental education fee charged to a prospective employer in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for each CNMI-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.

]]> 81 2017-01-30 Passed House without amendment 2018-03-29T15:39:05Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act

This bill: (1) requires the Department of Homeland Security to increase the supplemental education fee charged to a prospective employer in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for each CNMI-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.

]]> 49 2017-08-22 Public Law 2018-05-15T14:56:27Z Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act

(Sec. 2) This bill revises Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) transitional worker (CW-1 visa) provisions.

The supplemental vocational education fee charged to a prospective CNMI employer for each transitional worker is increased from $150 to $200.

Construction occupation permits may be issued only to extend permits issued before October 1, 2015, except that for FY2017, an additional 350 permits shall be made available with at least 60 reserved for health care practitioners and technical operations and at least 10 reserved for plant and system operators.

]]> Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act Display Title Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act Official Title as Introduced To amend Public Law 94-241 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act Short Titles as Passed House Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act H House Short Titles as Passed Senate Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act S Senate Short Titles as Enacted Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act 744 115 SAMDT To permit the extension of 350 nonimmigrant permits for workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 2020-12-15T16:51:36Z 2017-08-01 Amendment SA 744 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 744 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/115th-congress/senate-amendment/744 M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 1 1 C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2017-08-01 True 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Senate 115 HR House H 339 Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act 2023-03-22T19:50:48Z 6 2017-08-01 0 Senate Amendment SA 744 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2017-08-01 0 Senate Amendment SA 744 proposed by Senator Portman for Senator Murkowski. (consideration: CR S4686; text: CR S4686) To permit the extension of 350 nonimmigrant permits for workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Floor 2017-08-01 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 744 proposed by Senator Portman for Senator Murkowski.(consideration: CR S4686; text: CR S4686) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2017-08-01 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 744 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2017-08-01 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Enrolled Bill https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr339enr/xml/BILLS-115hr339enr.xml Engrossed Amendment Senate 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr339eas/xml/BILLS-115hr339eas.xml Referred in Senate 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr339rfs/xml/BILLS-115hr339rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr339eh/xml/BILLS-115hr339eh.xml Introduced in House 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr339ih/xml/BILLS-115hr339ih.xml 2017-08-23T03:59:59Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-115publ53/uslm/PLAW-115publ53.xml Public Law 2017-08-22 Became Public Law No: 115-53. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.