,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #e1         
#bjag,mr4 ,sablan introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources1  
and in addition to the ,committee on the
 ,judiciary1 for a period to be         
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend ,public ,law       
#id-bda with respect to the ,northern   
,mariana ,islands4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,northern
 ,mariana ,islands ,economic ,expansion 
,act4  #b4 ,commonwealth of the         
,northern ,mariana ,islands3            
,transitional workers ,section #f of    
,public ,law #id-bda 7#dh ,u4,s4,c4     
#ahjf7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection 
7a77#f71 by striking #aej and inserting 
#bjj2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7d77#b7-- 
7,a7 by striking the period at the end  

of the first sentence and inserting 1   
except a permit for construction        
occupations 7as that term is defined by 
the ,department of ,labor as ,standard  
,occupational ,classification ,group    
#dg-jjjj or any successor provision7    
shall only be issued to extend a permit 
first issued before ,october #a1 #bjae42
 and  7,b7 by striking the period at the
 end of the third sentence and inserting
 1 except that for fiscal year #bjag the
 number of permits issued shall not     
exceed #ae1jjj44