I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 339 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 5, 2017 Mr. 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 A BILL To amend Public Law 94–241 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act . 2. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Transitional workers Section 6 of Public Law 94–241 ( 48 U.S.C. 1806 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking $150 and inserting $200 ; and (2) in subsection (d)(2)— (A) by striking the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting , except a permit for construction occupations (as that term is defined by the Department of Labor as Standard Occupational Classification Group 47–0000 or any successor provision) shall only be issued to extend a permit first issued before October 1, 2015. ; and (B) by striking the period at the end of the third sentence and inserting , except that for fiscal year 2017 the number of permits issued shall not exceed 15,000. .