Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act”.
McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the right of members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States and First Nations individuals in Canada to cross the borders of the United States.
Sec. 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—
by inserting “(a)” before “Nothing”;
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.”
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.”