H.R. 560: Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-15 · Immigration · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act

Plain summary

Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act This bill 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.

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Official text

Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 560, Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act (2019-09-30)

Cosponsors on this site

J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr560.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr560 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116