[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 560 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 560


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 27, 2020

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To amend section 6 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''.

    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 Residents 
Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. LONG-TERM LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN 
              MARIANA ISLANDS.

    Section 6(e)(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), is amended--
            (1) in clause (iii), by inserting ``except in the case of 
        an alien who meets the requirements of subclause (VI) of clause 
        (v),'' before ``resided continuously and lawfully''; and
            (2) in clause (v)--
                    (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subclause (V), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``;''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(VI) was admitted to the 
                                Commonwealth as a Commonwealth Only 
                                Transitional Worker during fiscal year 
                                2015, and during every subsequent 
                                fiscal year beginning before the date 
                                of the enactment of the Northern 
                                Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 
                                2018 (Public Law 115-218); or
                                    ``(VII) resided in the Northern 
                                Mariana Islands as an investor under 
                                Commonwealth immigration law, and is 
                                presently a resident classified as a 
                                CNMI-only nonimmigrant under section 
                                101(a)(15)(E)(ii) of the Immigration 
                                and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                                1101(a)(15)(E)(ii)).''.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee,


              

 provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on 
passage.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 26, 2020.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.