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[H.R. 4479 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 560
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4479

                      [Report No. 116-676, Part I]

 To temporarily provide Commonwealth-only transitional worker permits 
for workers in construction occupations involved in disaster recovery, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2019

  Mr. Sablan 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

                           December 18, 2020

   Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                           December 18, 2020

 Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                          September 24, 2019]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To temporarily provide Commonwealth-only transitional worker permits 
for workers in construction occupations involved in disaster recovery, 
                        and for other purposes.


 


    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 ``Disaster Recovery Workforce Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION WORKER PERMITS.

    Section 6(d)(3) of the Joint Resolution entitled ``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'' (48 U.S.C. 1806(d)(3)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
                    ``(E) Typhoon recovery.--
                            ``(i) Permits for construction workers.--
                        Notwithstanding any numerical cap set forth in 
                        subparagraph (B) for each of fiscal years 2020, 
                        2021, and 2022, the Secretary of Homeland 
                        Security shall increase by 3,000, for each such 
                        fiscal year, the total number of permits 
                        available under this subsection for 
                        Construction and Extraction Occupations (as 
                        defined by the Department of Labor as Standard 
                        Occupational Classification Group 47-0000).
                            ``(ii) Permit requirements.--The Secretary 
                        may only issue a permit made available under 
                        clause (i) to a prospective employer if the 
                        permit is for an alien who--
                                    ``(I) is a national of a country 
                                designated eligible to participate in 
                                the program under section 
                                101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration 
                                and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                                1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) during calendar 
                                year 2018; and
                                    ``(II) is performing service or 
                                labor pursuant to a contract or 
                                subcontract for construction, repairs, 
                                renovations, or facility services 
                                directly connected to, or associated 
                                with recovery from a presidentially 
                                declared major disaster or emergency 
                                (as those terms are defined in section 
                                102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
                                Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
                                U.S.C. 5122), or for preparation for a 
                                future disaster or emergency.
                            ``(iii) Exception for construction 
                        workers.--Subparagraph (D)(v) shall not apply 
                        to a permit made available under clause (i) for 
                        any fiscal year described in such clause.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 560

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4479

                      [Report No. 116-676, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To temporarily provide Commonwealth-only transitional worker permits 
for workers in construction occupations involved in disaster recovery, 
                        and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 18, 2020

   Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment

                           December 18, 2020

 Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed