[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6906 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6906

   To amend Public Law 94-241 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
   Security to increase the number of permits that are available for 
     employers in Construction and Extraction Occupations seeking 
    Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2022

  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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To amend Public Law 94-241 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
   Security to increase the number of permits that are available for 
     employers in Construction and Extraction Occupations seeking 
    Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers, 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. PERMITS FOR EMPLOYERS IN CONSTRUCTION AND EXTRACTION 
              OCCUPATIONS SEEKING COMMONWEALTH ONLY TRANSITIONAL 
              WORKERS.

    Section 6(d)(3)(E)(i) of Public Law 94-241 (48 U.S.C. 
1806(d)(3)(E)(i)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ``, and for any succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary 
may increase the total number of such permits available by a number 
determined appropriate by the Secretary, at the request of the Governor 
of the Northern Mariana Islands''.
                                 <all>