Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act

Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act

This bill provides the right to pass the borders of the United States (which includes other privileges pursuant to the Jay Treaty) to an American Indian born in the United States or Canada who is a member, or is eligible to be a member, of a federally recognized Indian tribe in the United States or Canada. Under current law, such right is provided only to an American Indian born in Canada who has at least 50% American Indian blood.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2496 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2496

 To provide the right of American Indians born in Canada or the United 
 States to pass the borders of the United States to any individual who 
 is a member, or is eligible to be a member, of a Federally recognized 
  Indian tribe in the United States or Canada, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2019

  Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. 
Cole, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Young, and Ms. DelBene) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide the right of American Indians born in Canada or the United 
 States to pass the borders of the United States to any individual who 
 is a member, or is eligible to be a member, of a Federally recognized 
  Indian tribe in the United States or Canada, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. AMERICAN INDIANS BORN IN CANADA OR THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1359) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``born in Canada'' the following: 
        ``or the United States''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``but such right shall extend only 
        to persons'' the following: ``who are members, or are eligible 
        to be members, of a Federally recognized Indian tribe in the 
        United States or Canada, or''.
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