I 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6015 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2010 Ms. Bordallo (for herself, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Honda) introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To require the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to publish certain economic data regarding territories and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.

1.

Bureau of economic analysis data regarding territories and Freely Associated States

(a)

Requirements

The Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce shall publish an annual report on the gross domestic product of the following: (1)

Territories

American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. (2)

Freely Associated States

Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (b)

Effective date

The requirements of subsection (a) shall take effect on the day that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

2.

Technical corrections to immigration provisions applicable to Guam and Northern Mariana Islands

(a)

Waiver of numerical limitations for nonimmigrant workers during transition

Section 6(b) of the Joint Resolution entitled A Joint Resolution to approve the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, and for other purposes, approved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 1806(e)), as added by section 702 of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–229; 122 Stat. 854), is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following: In any case in which the Secretary of Labor implements an extension of the provisions of subsection (d) pursuant to subsection (d)(5), the provisions of this subsection shall be extended for the same period.. (b)

Guam and Northern Mariana Islands visa waiver program

Section 702 of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–229; 122 Stat. 854) is amended by adding at the end the following: (l)

Guam and Northern Mariana Islands visa waiver alternative

In a case in which the regulations promulgated under section 212(l)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(l)), as amended by subsection (b)(3), do not include a listing of any country pursuant to section 212(l)(3)(A) of such Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for an alternative procedure for the provision of a benefit similar to that described in section 212(l)(1) of such Act to nationals from any country from which the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has received a significant economic benefit from the number of visitors for pleasure within the one-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act. .