,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bif #aafth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #efj 
,report ,no4 #aaf-cgc1 ,part ,i ,,in    
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,january #ae1 #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  ,january #aj1      
#bjbj;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4        
,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,mr4 ,vargas1  
,mrs4 ,radewagen1 and ,mr4 ,bishop of   
,utah  ,january #aj1 #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  ,january #aj1        
#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 ,january #ae1     
#bjai  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend section #f  
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 ,america1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,northern ,mariana  
,islands ,residents ,relief ,act4  #b4  
,long-term legal residents of the       
commonwealth of the northern mariana    
islands ,section #f7;e77#f77;,b7 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 ,america1 and for other      
purposes1 approved ,march #bd1 #aigf    
7#dh ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjf71 is amended--     
7#a7 in clause 7iii71 by inserting      

except in the case of an alien who meets
 the requirements of subclause 7,,vi7 of
 clause 7v71 before resided continuously
 and lawfully2 and  7#b7 in clause 7v7--
  7,a7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by striking 
2 or and inserting a semicolon2  7,b7 in
 subclause 7,v71 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting 22 and  7,c7 by
 adding at the end the following3       
7,,vi7 was admitted to the ,commonwealth
 as a ,commonwealth ,only ,transitional 
,worker during fiscal year #bjae1 and   
during every subsequent fiscal year     
beginning before the date of the        
enactment of the ,northern ,mariana     
,islands ,u4,s4 ,workforce ,act of #bjah
 7,public ,law #aae-bah72 or  7,,vii7   
resided in the ,northern ,mariana       
,islands as an investor under           
,commonwealth immigration law1 and is   
presently a resident classified as a    
,,cnmi-only nonimmigrant under section  
#aja7;a77#ae77;,e77ii7 of the           
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a77#ae77;,e77ii774  4  

,january #aj1 #bjbj,reported from the   
,committee on ,natural ,resources with  
an amendment,january #aj1               
#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