US Congress House Bill 560 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Engrossed on February 27 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-27 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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.

Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act

Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-27	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2020-02-26	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-02-26	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1203)
2020-02-26	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 560.
2020-02-26	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1203-1204)
2020-02-26	House	Mr. Neguse moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2020-01-10	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 296.
2020-01-10	House	Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
2020-01-10	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-373, Part I.
2019-09-18	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2019-09-18	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-02-27	House	Committee Hearings Held.
2019-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-01-15	House	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.
2019-01-15	House	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.
2019-01-15	House	Introduced in House

HB559 (Related) 2019-06-25 - Became Public Law No: 116-24. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/560/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr560/BILLS-116hr560ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr560/BILLS-116hr560rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr560/BILLS-116hr560eh.pdf