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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6906" measure-id="id117hr6906" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-03-02" update-date="2022-09-16">
        <title>To amend Public Law 94-241 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to increase the number of permits that are available for employers in Construction and Extraction Occupations seeking Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers, and for other purposes.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr6906v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-09-16">
            <action-date>2022-03-02</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[  <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, by the request of the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, to increase the annual cap on nonimmigrants permitted to perform construction work associated with preparation for or recovery from a major disaster or emergency in the Northern Mariana Islands.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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