S2577-119

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— are members, or are eligible to become members, of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States; or has Indian status in Canada through registration under the Indian Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. I–5); or holds membership in a self-governing First Nation in Canada. (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. .