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| https://sablan.house.gov/3000-disaster-cws-okayed | 3,000 disaster CWs okayed | 2019-12-09 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Democrat | House | MP | Gregorio Sablan | S001177 | sablan.house.gov | legacy | 3,000 disaster CWs okayed Dec 9, 2019 The House Natural Resources Committee agreed to my bill permitting an additional 3,000 CW permits for disaster recovery work. The Disaster Recovery Workforce Act, H.R. 4479, would allow the extra 3,000 permits to be used for construction workers, which current law does not. Although we have ample federal funds, lack of labor has slowed recovery from last year's typhoons Mangkhut and Yutu. As I noted in my prepared statement for the Committee meeting, FEMA has stockpiled pallets and pallets of construction materials at the Koblerville Fire Station for its Permanent Housing Construction program since February. But it was not until September that FEMA broke ground on the first home. Limited labor' was a key reason, according to FEMA's external affairs officer in the Marianas. Meanwhile, 385 families are signed up for the new homes. The 3,000 workers would be available for 3 years and could not replace U.S. workers or undercut wages. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |