Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act Public Law 115–53 Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act 53 115–53 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act 13656 115 2017-08-22 Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act [(Public Law 115–53)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 115–53. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [48 U.S.C. 1801 note] 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).” .