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[H.R. 339 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.339

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
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 ```ending on December 31, 2019'.'' and 
        inserting ``ending on December 31, 2019, except that for fiscal 
        year 2017 an additional 350 permits shall be made available for 
        extension of existing permits, expiring after the date of 
        enactment of the Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion 
        Act through September 30, 2017, of which no fewer than 60 shall 
        be reserved for healthcare practitioners and technical 
        operations (as that term is defined by the Department of Labor 
        as Standard Occupational Classification Group 29-0000 or any 
        successor provision), and no fewer than 10 shall be reserved 
        for plant and system operators (as that term is defined by the 
        Department of Labor as Standard Occupational Classification 
        Group 51-8000 or any successor provision).''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.