[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 130 (Tuesday, August 1, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 744. Mr. PORTMAN (for Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Ms. 
Cantwell)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 339, to amend Public 
Law 94-241 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands; as follows:

       Beginning on page 2, strike line 19, and all that follows 
     through the end and insert the following:
       (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).''.
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