,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #efj #aafth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ddgi
 ,report ,no4 #aaf-fgf1 ,part ,i ,,in   
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,september #bd1 #bjai,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  ,december #ah1     
#bjbj,reported from the ,committee on   
,natural ,resources with an             
amendment,strike out all after the      
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,december #ah1       
#bjbj;,committee on the ,judiciary      
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed,for
 text of introduced bill1 see copy of   
bill as introduced on ,september #bd1   

#bjai  ,a ,,bill  ,to temporarily       
provide ,commonwealth-only transitional 
worker permits for workers in           
construction occupations involved in    
disaster recovery1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,disaster ,recovery 
,workforce ,act4  #b4 ,construction     
worker permits ,section #f7;d77#c7 of   
the ,joint ,resolution entitled ,joint  
,resolution to approve the ,covenant ,to
 ,establish a ,commonwealth of the      
,northern ,mariana ,islands in          
,political ,union with the ,united      
,states of ,america1 and for other      
purposes 7#dh ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjf7;d77#c77  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7,e7 ,typhoon recovery  7i7 
,permits for construction workers       
,notwithstanding any numerical cap set  
forth in subparagraph 7,b7 for each of  
fiscal years #bjbj1 #bjba1 and #bjbb1   
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security   
shall increase by #c1jjj1 for each such 
fiscal year1 the total number of permits

 available under this subsection for    
,construction and ,extraction           
,occupations 7as defined by the         
,department of ,labor as ,standard      
,occupational ,classification ,group    
#dg-jjjj74  7ii7 ,permit requirements   
,the ,secretary may only issue a permit 
made available under clause 7i7 to a    
prospective employer if the permit is   
for an alien who-- 7,i7 is a national of
 a country designated eligible to       
participate in the program under section
 #aja7;a77#ae77;,h77ii77b7 of the       
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a77#ae77;,h77ii77b77   
during calendar year #bjah2 and  7,,ii7 
is performing service or labor pursuant 
to a contract or subcontract for        
construction1 repairs1 renovations1 or  
facility services directly connected to1
 or associated with recovery from a     
presidentially declared major disaster  
or emergency 7as those terms are defined
 in section #ajb of the ,robert ,t4     
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         

,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eabb71 or for preparation for
 a future disaster or emergency4  7iii7 
,exception for construction workers     
,subparagraph 7,d77v7 shall not apply to
 a permit made available under clause   
7i7 for any fiscal year described in    
such clause4  4  ,december #ah1         
#bjbj,reported from the ,committee on   
,natural ,resources with an             
amendment,december #ah1 #bjbj;,committee
 on the ,judiciary discharged2 committed
 to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house 
on the ,state of the ,union and ordered 
to be printed