To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers.

Bill: 118-hr-1760
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-03-23
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill extends a provision that removes numerical limits for visas for certain temporary nonagricultural workers working on Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands. </p> <p>Under this bill, the provision shall apply to qualifying H-2B visa holders who are admitted into Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands before December 31, 2029, whereas currently the provision applies to H-2B visa holders admitted before December 31, 2024.</p> <p>(The provision exempts qualifying H-2B visa holders from the annual numerical limit on such visas. Generally, this exemption applies to H-2B workers performing labor (1) related to construction or facility services associated with the military alignment occurring on Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands; or (2) as a health care worker at a facility that jointly serves Armed Forces members, dependents, and civilians on Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands.)</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1760 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2023 Mr. Moylan 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 extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H–2B workers.

1. Extension of admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H–2B workers Section 6(b)(1)(B) of the Joint Resolution entitled A Joint Resolution to approve the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America , and for other purposes , approved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 11 1806(b)(1)(B)), is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking December 31, 2024 and inserting December 31, 2029 .