H.R. 5904

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5904 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5904

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.

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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

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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.

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

SECTION 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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