Respect Tribal IDs Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4666 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4666 To require officers and employees of the Department of Homeland Security to receive training with respect to Indian tribes, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 2, 2026 Mr. Lujan (for himself and Mr. Schatz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require officers and employees of the Department of Homeland Security to receive training with respect to Indian 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 of 2026''. SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TRAINING STANDARDS FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. (a) Amendment.--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 the enactment of the Respect Tribal IDs Act of 2026, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in consultation with representatives of Indian tribes, shall develop training curricula for all immigration enforcement officers and employees of the Department of Homeland Security with respect to-- ``(A) appropriate protocol for interacting with any enrolled member of an Indian tribe; ``(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 Native American tribal documents; and ``(E) the Indian trust responsibility of the United States Government. ``(2) The