H.R. 1420: To modify the requirement to remain outside of the United States for Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers, and for other purposes.


Quick Facts:

Bill Sponsor: Del. Gregorio Sablan (D-MP-At-Large)

Congress: 118

Date Introduced: March 7, 2023

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs . (April 14, 2023)

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This bill defers until October 1, 2026, and modifies the requirement for individuals with nonimmigrant, transitional worker visas applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to remain outside the United States for a 30-day period prior to certain renewals of their transitional worker visas.

This bill is retroactively effective beginning July 24, 2018 (the effective date of the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018).

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