Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act

Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act

This bill provides the right to pass the borders of the United States (which confers the right to certain public benefits and 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. Current law instead provides this right to an American Indian who was born in Canada and who has at least 50% American Indian blood.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4228 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4228

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to members of 
  a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States or Canada.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2021

  Mr. Kilmer 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 members of 
  a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States or Canada.

    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. MEMBERS OF A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE IN THE UNITED 
              STATES OR CANADA.

    Section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1359) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or the United States'' after ``born in 
        Canada''; and
            (2) by striking ``who possess at least 50 per centum of 
        blood of the American Indian race.'' and inserting ``who are 
        members, or are eligible to be members, of a federally 
        recognized Indian Tribe in the United States or Canada.''.
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