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S. 2577

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 2577, the McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jul 31, 2025 by Sen. Steve Daines (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jul 31, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

S. 2577 has 6 co-sponsors.

sb2577/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S2577 IS: McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-07-31
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 2577
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  July 31, 2025
  Mr. Daines  (for himself,  Mrs. Gillibrand ,  Mr.
  Risch ,  Ms. Klobuchar ,
  Mr. Crapo , and  Ms. Smith ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
  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 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.
  .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-07-31
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

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.

Sponsors

Sen. Steve Daines (R) sponsors S. 2577, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 2577 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred To · Jul 31, 2025

Actions

S. 2577 has taken 2 actions since Jul 31, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jul 31, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Judiciary Committee
Jul 31, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 2577 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 2577.

Titles

S. 2577 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

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

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 5 registered lobbyists who named S. 2577 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.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
KOOTENAI TRIBE OF IDAHOTribal GovernmentIdaho14$80K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC14$80K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JAMES REID114
ROBERT PORTER114
TODD BERTOSON114
ALYSSA LATRAY112
NAOMIE DROLL112

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
KOOTENAI TRIBE OF IDAHOCAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC2026 second_quarter$20K2nd Quarter - Report
KOOTENAI TRIBE OF IDAHOCAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC2026 first_quarter$20K1st Quarter - Report
KOOTENAI TRIBE OF IDAHOCAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC2025 fourth_quarter$20K4th Quarter - Report
KOOTENAI TRIBE OF IDAHOCAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC2025 third_quarter$20K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2577 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2577’s is Immigration.

s2577/policy-areas.txt
ImmigrationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com