H.R. 560 — Reported in House

IB Union Calendar No. 296 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 560 [Report No. 116–373, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2019Mr. Sablan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned January 10, 2020Additional sponsors: Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Correa, Mr. Vargas, Mrs. Radewagen, and Mr. Bishop of Utah January 10, 2020Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendmentStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic January 10, 2020Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printedFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 15, 2019 A BILL To amend section 6 of the Joint Resolution entitled A Joint Resolution to approve the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act. 2. Long-term legal residents of the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands Section 6(e)(6)(B) of the Joint Resolution entitled A Joint Resolution to approve the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, and for other purposes, approved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 1806), is amended— (1) in clause (iii), by inserting except in the case of an alien who meets the requirements of subclause (VI) of clause (v), before resided continuously and lawfully; and (2) in clause (v)— (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; (B) in subclause (V), by striking the period at the end and inserting ;; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (VI) was admitted to the Commonwealth as a Commonwealth Only Transitional Worker during fiscal year 2015, and during every subsequent fiscal year beginning before the date of the enactment of the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–218); or (VII) resided in the Northern Mariana Islands as an investor under Commonwealth immigration law, and is presently a resident classified as a CNMI-only nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(E)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(ii)). . January 10, 2020Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendmentJanuary 10, 2020Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed