Respect Tribal IDs Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8742 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8742

    To require officers and employees of the Department of Homeland
  Security to receive training with respect to tribes, and for other
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2026

Ms. Davids of Kansas (for herself, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr.
  Schneider, Ms. Randall, and Ms. Stansbury) introduced the following
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

    To require officers and employees of the Department of Homeland
  Security to receive training with respect to tribes, and for other
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Respect Tribal IDs Act''.

SEC. 2. DHS TRAINING STANDARDS.

    Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i)(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in collaboration
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in consultation with Indian
tribes, develop training curricula for any officer or employee of the
Department of Homeland Security on--
                    ``(A) appropriate protocol, as developed by the
                Secretary, for interacting with all enrolled members of
                Indian Tribes;
                    ``(B) how to identify a Native American tribal
                document;
                    ``(C) accepting a Native American tribal document
                as proof of United States citizenship;
                    ``(D) how to access examples of a Native American
                tribal document; and
                    ``(E) the trust responsibility of the United States
                Government.
    ``(2) The curricula developed under paragraph (1) shall include--
            ``(A) the contact information, names, locations, and Native
        American tribal document formats of all Indian Tribes in the
        region where an officer or employee will perform duties
        relating to enforcement of the immigration laws;
            ``(B) scenario-based exercises;
            ``(C) the development of a database with examples of Native
        American tribal documents;
            ``(D) pre- and post-training assessments; and
            ``(E) a history with respect to American Indians being
        granted United States citizenship and the trust responsibility
        of the United States Government.
    ``(3) Before an officer or employee may perform duties relating to
enforcement of the immigration laws, such officer or employee shall be
required to complete the training curricula developed under paragraph
(1) not less than annually and each time the officer or employee is
assigned to a new region.
    ``(4) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the
Respect Tribal IDs Act, the Secretary shall submit a report on the
development of the training curricula established under this subsection
to the Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on the
Judiciary, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Indian
Affairs of the Senate.
    ``(5) In this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `Indian tribe' has the meaning given such
        term in the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994;
        and
            ``(B) the term `Native American tribal document' includes--
                    ``(i) Native American tribal cards issued pursuant
                to section 7209 of the Intelligence Reform and
                Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458);
                    ``(ii) documentary evidence issued by Federally
                recognized Indian Tribes, including Tribes located in a
                State that has an international border, which--
                            ``(I) identifies the Federally recognized
                        Indian Tribe that issued the document;
                            ``(II) identifies the individual by name;
                        and
                            ``(III) confirms the individual's
                        membership, enrollment, or affiliation with the
                        Tribe;
                    ``(iii) other documents approved by the Secretary
                of Homeland Security as confirming United States
                citizenship; and
                    ``(iv) documents described in subparagraph (B)(ii)
                include--
                            ``(I) a tribal enrollment card;
                            ``(II) a certificate of degree of Indian
                        blood;
                            ``(III) a tribal census document; and
                            ``(IV) a document on tribal letterhead,
                        issued under the signature of the appropriate
                        tribal official, that meets the requirements of
                        subparagraph (B)(ii).''.
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