United StatesTruth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
What it does
This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States within the legislative branch and sets forth its powers, duties, and membership.
More detail
Among other duties, the commission must investigate the impacts and ongoing effects of the Indian Boarding School Policies (federal policies under which American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children were forcibly removed from their family homes and placed in boarding schools).
Further, the commission must develop recommendations on ways to (1) protect unmarked graves and accompanying land protections; (2) support repatriation and identify the tribal nations from which children were taken; and (3) discontinue the removal of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children from their families and tribal communities by state social service departments, foster care agencies, and adoption agencies.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- Jul 31Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.Latest
- Jul 31Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.
- Mar 5Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 26Introduced in Senate
- Feb 26Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Introduced