H.R. 4596

Summary

H.R. 4596, the McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 22, 2025 by Rep. Timothy Kennedy (D) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jul 22, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 4596 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 HR 4596 IH: McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-22
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4596  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 22, 2025   Mr. Kennedy of New York  (for himself,  Ms. Randall ,  Mr. Fulcher ,  Mr. Langworthy , and  Mr. Simpson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act  .
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—
(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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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.

Sponsors

Rep. Timothy Kennedy (D) sponsors H.R. 4596, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Timothy Kennedy

Rep. · D–NY-26 · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 22, 2025

Russ Fulcher

Rep. · R–ID-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 22, 2025 · Original

Nicholas Langworthy

Rep. · R–NY-23 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 22, 2025 · Original

Emily Randall

Rep. · D–WA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 22, 2025 · Original

Michael Simpson

Rep. · R–ID-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 22, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 4596 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jul 22, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4596 has taken 2 actions since Jul 22, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 4596 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 4596.

S 2577McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections ActJul 31, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · Related bill

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Titles

H.R. 4596 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act — Display Title
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced
• McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 5 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4596 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Indian/Native American Affairs.

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Firms

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4596 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4596’s is Immigration.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4596, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 125 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KENNEDY of New York:H.R. 4596Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3, Section 8, Article 1 of the Constitution[Page H3554]

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