Sec. 3. Amendments to the Consolidated Natural Resources Act

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Section 6 of the Joint Resolution entitled A Joint Resolution to approve the , approved March 24, 1976 ( Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America , and for other purposes Public Law 94–241 ; 90 Stat. 263, 122 Stat. 854), is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (2), by striking December 31, 2014, except as provided in subsections

(b)and

(d)and inserting December 31, 2019 ; and by striking paragraph (6), and inserting the following: In addition to fees charged pursuant to section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356 (m)) to recover the full costs of providing adjudication services, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall charge an annual supplemental fee of $150 per nonimmigrant worker to each prospective employer who is issued a permit under subsection

(d)of this section during the transition program. Such supplemental fee shall be paid into the Treasury of the Commonwealth government for the purpose of funding ongoing vocational educational curricula and program development by Commonwealth educational entities. At the beginning of each fiscal year, and prior to the payment of the supplemental fee into the Treasury of the Commonwealth government in that fiscal year, the Commonwealth government must provide to the Secretary of Labor, a plan for the expenditure of funds received under this paragraph, a projection of the effectiveness of these expenditures in the placement of United States workers into jobs, and a report on the changes in employment of United States workers attributable to prior year expenditures. The Secretary of Labor shall report to the Congress every 2 years on the effectiveness of meeting the goals set out by the Commonwealth government in its annual plan for the expenditure of funds. ; and in subsection (d)— in the third sentence of paragraph (2), by striking not to extend beyond December 31, 2014, unless extended pursuant to paragraph 5 of this subsection and inserting ending on December 31, 2019 ; by striking paragraph (5); and by redesignating paragraph

(6)as paragraph (5).

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