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Title XVII: Other Defense Matters

Sec. 1705Extension of admission for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers

TL;DR

Amends existing law relating to extension of admission for certain nonimmigrant h-2b workers.

Statutory text

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. 1806

(b)

(1) (B)), is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking December 31, 2029 and inserting December 31, 2035.