119-HR4596

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4596

1. Short title
2. Members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States or a First Nation in Canada

1. Short title

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

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.

(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.