To eliminate the touchback requirement for certain Commonwealth Only Workers, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8931 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8931 To eliminate the touchback requirement for certain Commonwealth Only Workers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2026 Ms. King-Hinds 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 eliminate the touchback requirement for certain Commonwealth Only Workers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Mariana Islands Workforce Improvement Act''. SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF TOUCHBACK REQUIREMENT. (a) In General.--Section 6(d)(7) of Public Law 94-241 (48 U.S.C. 1806(d)(7)) is amended to read as follows: ``(7) Permit validity; long-term workers.-- ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a permit for a Commonwealth Only Worker shall be valid for a period not to exceed 1 year. ``(B) Renewals.--A permit issued under subparagraph (A) may be renewed for additional periods of not more than 1 year each, subject to the requirements of this subsection. ``(C) Long-term workers.--An alien who was admitted to the Commonwealth as a Commonwealth Only Transitional Worker-- ``(i) during fiscal year 2015; and ``(ii) during two of fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, or 2019, may be admitted as a Commonwealth Only Transitional Worker for a period that may not exceed 3 years and may be renewed for additional 3-year periods during the tr