HR 6401
114th Congress
House
Immigration
Building construction
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Northern Mariana Islands
User charges and fees
Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act
Introduced: November 29, 2016
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 7, 2016
Received in the Senate.
Dec 6, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 6, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7210)
Dec 6, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7210)
Dec 6, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6401.
Dec 6, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7209-7211)
Dec 6, 2016
Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 1, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Nov 29, 2016
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.
Nov 29, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act
(Sec. 2) This bill: (1) requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the supplemental education fee charged to a prospective employer for each CNMI (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)-Only Transitional Worker who is issued a permit during the transition period to U.S. immigration law, (2) allows such a permit for construction occupations to be issued only to extend a permit first issued before October 1, 2015, and (3) caps the number of permits issued for such nonimmigrant workers for FY2017 at 15,000.
What's happening now
Received in the Senate.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1