[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6598 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6598

 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

                             July 26, 2018

   Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Young of 
 Alaska, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Cole, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Simpson, 
  Mr. Gallego, and Mr. Collins of New York) 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. 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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