Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Northern Mariana Islands Workforce Improvement Act”.
Northern Mariana Islands Workforce Improvement Act
A BILL
To eliminate the touchback requirement for certain Commonwealth Only Workers, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Elimination of touchback requirement
In general— Section 6(d)(7) of Public Law 94–241 (48 U.S.C. 1806(d)(7)) is amended to read as follows:
“(7) Permit validity; long-term workers
“(A) In general—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a permit for a Commonwealth Only Worker shall be valid for a period not to exceed 1 year.
“(B) Renewals—A permit issued under subparagraph (A) may be renewed for additional periods of not more than 1 year each, subject to the requirements of this subsection.
“(C) Long-term workers—An alien who was admitted to the Commonwealth as a Commonwealth Only Transitional Worker—
“(i) during fiscal year 2015; and
“(ii) during two of fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, or 2019,”
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of Public Law 115–218.