[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4596 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4596

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the right 
of members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States 
  and First Nations individuals in Canada to cross the borders of the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2025

  Mr. Kennedy of New York (for himself, Ms. Randall, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. 
 Langworthy, and Mr. Simpson) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the right 
of members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States 
  and First Nations individuals in Canada to cross the borders of the 
                             United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``McCarran-Walter Technical 
Corrections Act''.

SEC. 2. MEMBERS OF A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE IN THE UNITED 
              STATES OR A FIRST NATION IN CANADA.

    Section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1359) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Nothing'';
            (2) by striking ``who possess at least 50 per centum of 
        blood of the American Indian race.'' and inserting the 
        following: ``who--
            ``(1) are members, or are eligible to become members, of a 
        federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States; or
            ``(2)(A) has Indian status in Canada through registration 
        under the Indian Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. I-5); or
            ``(B) holds membership in a self-governing First Nation in 
        Canada.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) A person who is admitted to the United States pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall have the status of a person lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence.''.
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