Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act

I 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. 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 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Border Crossing 4 Parity Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2496.IH H2496 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2496 IH SEC. 2. AMERICAN INDIANS BORN IN CANADA OR THE 1 UNITED STATES. 2 Section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 3 (8 U.S.C. 1359) is amended— 4 (1) by inserting after ‘‘born in Canada’’ the fol- 5 lowing: ‘‘or the United States’’; and 6 (2) by inserting after ‘‘but such right shall ex- 7 tend only to persons’’ the following: ‘‘who are mem- 8 bers, or are eligible to be members, of a Federally 9 recognized Indian tribe in the United States or Can- 10 ada, or’’. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2496.IH H2496 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS