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H.R.4479: Disaster Recovery Workforce Act
About This Bill
- Introduced Sept. 24, 2019
- Latest Major Action Dec. 18, 2020
Bill Versions
- Reported in House - Dec. 18, 2020
- Introduced in House - Sept. 24, 2019
Bill Summary
Disaster Recovery Workforce Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the annual cap on permits for alien workers entering the Northern Mariana Islands to work in the construction and extraction occupations. Specifically, DHS shall increase the cap by 3,000 permits each year for FY2020, FY2021, and FY2022. Various existing limitations on permits for such occupations shall not apply during these years.
(Source: Library of Congress)
What Lawmakers Are Saying About This Bill
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Dec. 18, 2020 |
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560.
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| Dec. 18, 2020 |
Committee on the Judiciary discharged. |
| Dec. 18, 2020 |
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-676, Part I.
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| Dec. 5, 2019 |
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
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| Dec. 5, 2019 |
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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| Oct. 28, 2019 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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| Sept. 24, 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.
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| Sept. 24, 2019 |
Introduced in the House by Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-Northern Marina Islands) |