[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12720]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ECONOMIC EXPANSION ACT

  Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 339) to amend Public Law 94-241 with 
respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, with the Senate amendment 
thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Senate amendment:
       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).''.

  Mrs. COMSTOCK (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentlewoman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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