H.R. 5904

119 HR 5904 IH: 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.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-04
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5904  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   November 4, 2025   Mr. Biggs of Arizona  (for himself,  Mr. Crane ,  Mr. Stanton ,  Mr. Ciscomani , and  Mr. Schweikert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
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.
1.
Parole of an alien for a sacred Tribal or religious ceremony, cultural exchange, or celebration
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.
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