Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act became law 229 days after introduction, with no cosponsors
IntroducedJan 5, 2017
Reported—
Passed one chamberJan 30, 2017
Passed bothAug 1, 2017
LawAug 22, 2017
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 93 words.
Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act
(Sec. 2) This bill revises Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) transitional worker (CW-1 visa) provisions. The supplemental vocational education fee charged to a prospective CNMI employer for each transitional worker is increased from $150 to $200. Construction occupation permits may be issued only to extend permits issued before October 1, 2015, except that for FY2017, an additional 350 permits shall be made available with at least 60 reserved for health care practitioners and technical operations and at least 10 reserved for plant and system operators.
Context
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee
House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Policy area
- Immigration: 20 of 2,400 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.8%)
- Sponsor
- 3 of 100 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 6, from enrolled bill to public law · 426 words
- Subjects
- Building constructionForeign laborImmigration status and proceduresLicensing and registrationsNorthern Mariana IslandsUser charges and fees
- Latest action
- Aug 22, 2017: Became Public Law No: 115-53.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]