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HR 560 116th Congress House Immigration Administrative law and regulatory procedures Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act

Introduced: March 26, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 2020
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 26, 2020
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 26, 2020
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1203)
Feb 26, 2020
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Feb 26, 2020
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 560.
Feb 26, 2020
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1203-1204)
Feb 26, 2020
Mr. Neguse moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jan 10, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 296.
Jan 10, 2020
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Jan 10, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-373, Part I.
Sep 18, 2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 18, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 27, 2019
Committee Hearings Held.
Feb 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jan 15, 2019
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.
Jan 15, 2019
Introduced in House
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Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act

This bill provides Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Resident status to certain otherwise qualifying aliens who do not meet a current requirement of having resided continuously and lawfully in the Northern Mariana Islands from November 28, 2009, through June 25, 2019.

Specifically an alien shall be exempt from this residency requirement if the alien was admitted as a Commonwealth Only Transitional Worker during FY2015 and every subsequent fiscal year before July 24, 2018.

To qualify for CNMI Resident status, the alien must meet other existing requirements related to such status.

An individual who has resided in the Northern Mariana Islands as an investor and is currently residing as a Northern Mariana Islands-only nonimmigrant may receive CNMI Resident status upon meeting other requirements. 

    What's happening now February 27, 2020

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

     Related & companion bills 1
    • HR 559 Related bill Northern Mariana Islands Long-Term Legal Residents Relief Act
     Bill text 4 versions

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     Committees of jurisdiction 4
     Cosponsors 4
    All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
    Bishop, Rob
    · Mar 26, 2019
         R
    Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
    American Samoa · Feb 27, 2019
         D
    Vargas, Juan
    California · Feb 22, 2019
         D
    Correa, J. Luis
    California · Feb 8, 2019
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    U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 560: Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-560/
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    "H.R. 560: Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-560/.
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