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Version 08 · Reported to House, Part I · Dec 18, 2020
Disaster Recovery Workforce Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the annual cap on permits for alien workers entering the Northern Mariana Islands to work in the construction and extraction occupations. Specifically, DHS shall increase the cap by 3,000 permits each year for FY2020, FY2021, and FY2022. These permits may only be issued to alien workers from designated countries who are performing work associated with recovery from, or preparation for, a disaster or emergency. Various existing limitations on permits for such occupations shall not apply during these years.
People & committees
Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · D–MP
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-676, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-676, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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.
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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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