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Sec. 2 · H.R. 4596

Members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States or a First Nation in Canada

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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.; and (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..

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