Introduced in House
To amend the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to provide an exception to the parole fee for the parole of an alien for a sacred Tribal or religious ceremony, cultural exchange, or celebration, and for other purposes.
SEC. 1. PAROLE OF AN ALIEN FOR A SACRED TRIBAL OR RELIGIOUS CEREMONY, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, OR CELEBRATIONTrack this section →
Subsection (b) of Section 100004 of Public Law No. 119–21 is amended— (1) in paragraph (9), by striking or at the end; (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (11) (A) during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that a significant public benefit will result from the parole of an alien for a sacred Tribal or religious ceremony, cultural exchange, or celebration, and— (i) the Secretary conducts a preliminary criminal background check of the alien prior to the alien’s arrival at a port of entry; (ii) the alien presents a written request to the Secretary to be paroled into the United States from a federally recognized Indian Tribe for which the United States holds land in trust at or near the Southwest border; (iii) the alien is enrolled in a cultural participant program operated by a federally recognized Indian Tribe for which the United States holds land in trust at or near the Southwest border; and (iv) the alien pays a fee, in lieu of the fee required under subsection (c), in the amount of $200..