Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification

1205-AB92 201810 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018

H.R. 5956 modifies the CW-1 visa program, which allows for the temporary employment of foreign workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The bill was signed into law on July 24, 2018. The law requires employers to obtain a temporary labor certification from the Department of Labor (Department) prior to requesting a visa from the Department of Homeland Security and requires the Department to establish statistical standards for prevailing wage rates. The bill requires the Department of Labor to publish an Interim Final Rule which establishes the regulatory framework for issuing a temporary labor certification for the CW-1 program within 180 days of the bill being enacted into law.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Undetermined Undetermined Deregulatory None H.R. 5956, Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018, Pub. L. 115-218 Statutory Final 01/20/2019 Public Law 115-218 No Interim Final Rule 01/00/2019 Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined No No William Thompson, II W. Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 202 513-7350 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Box # 12-200, Washington DC 20210