# 116-hr-4479: Disaster Recovery Workforce Act

116-hr-4479, Disaster Recovery Workforce Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] (D-MP); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-4479
- Congress: 116
- Title: Disaster Recovery Workforce Act
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560.
- Introduced: 2019-09-24
- Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] (D-MP)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Disaster Recovery Workforce Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the annual cap on permits for alien workers entering the Northern Mariana Islands to work in the construction and extraction occupations. Specifically, DHS shall increase the cap by 3,000 permits each year for FY2020, FY2021, and FY2022. Various existing limitations on permits for such occupations shall not apply during these years.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8911: Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8820: PASS Act
- 116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act
- 116-hr-8691: Save Education Jobs Act
- 116-hr-8632: Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8387: Family Crisis Cash Assistance Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-4479 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4479)

## Related
- [116-hr-8911: Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8911)
- [116-hr-8820: PASS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8820)
- [116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8782)
- [116-hr-8691: Save Education Jobs Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8691)
- [116-hr-8632: Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8632)
- [116-hr-8387: Family Crisis Cash Assistance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8387)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4479 (as of 2025-11-18).