[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6401 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6401

    To amend Public Law 94-241 with respect to the Northern Mariana 
                                Islands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2016

 Mr. Sablan (for himself and Mrs. Radewagen) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend Public Law 94-241 with respect to the Northern Mariana 
                                Islands.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Mariana Islands Economic 
Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS: TRANSITIONAL 
              WORKERS.

    Section 6 of Public Law 94-241 (48 U.S.C. 1806) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ``$150'' and 
        inserting ``$200''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)--
                    (A) by striking the period at the end of the first 
                sentence and inserting ``, except a permit for 
                construction occupations (as that term is defined by 
                the Department of Labor as Standard Occupational 
                Classification Group 47-0000 or any successor 
                provision) shall only be issued to extend a permit 
                first issued before October 1, 2015.''; and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of the third 
                sentence and inserting ``, except that for fiscal year 
                2017 the number of permits issued shall not exceed 
                15,000.''.
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