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- H.R.559
H.R.559: Northern Mariana Islands Long-Term Legal Residents Relief Act
About This Bill
- Introduced Jan. 15, 2019
- Latest Major Action June 25, 2019
- See the three similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Versions
- Received in Senate - June 4, 2019
- Engrossed in House - June 3, 2019
- Introduced in House - Jan. 15, 2019
Bill Summary
Northern Mariana Islands Long-Term Legal Residents Relief Act This bill grants Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Resident status to certain aliens who have resided continuously and lawfully in the CNMI since November 28, 2009. An individual with such status shall be (1) authorized to work in the CNMI; (2) issued travel documentation; and (3) inadmissible to the United States at any port of entry outside of the CNMI, with the...
(Source: Library of Congress)
What Lawmakers Are Saying About This Bill
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| June 26, 2019 |
Presented to President.
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| June 25, 2019 |
Became Public Law No: 116-24. |
| June 25, 2019 |
Signed by President. |
| June 25, 2019 |
Presented to President.
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| June 24, 2019 |
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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| June 20, 2019 |
Voice Vote in the SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4195) |
| June 20, 2019 |
Passed the SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. |
| June 4, 2019 |
Received in the Senate.
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| June 4, 2019 |
Received in the Senate, read twice.
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| June 3, 2019 |
Voice Vote in the HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4201-4202) |
| June 3, 2019 |
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4201-4203)
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| June 3, 2019 |
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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| June 3, 2019 |
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
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| June 3, 2019 |
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 559.
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| June 3, 2019 |
Considered under suspension of the rules.
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| June 3, 2019 |
Mr. Case moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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| Feb. 25, 2019 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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| 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.
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| Jan. 15, 2019 |
Introduced in the House by Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-Northern Marina Islands) |