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S. 761In committee
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
Introduced: Feb 26, 2025
Latest action date: Jul 31, 2025
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.
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- 119th Congress
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- Feb 26, 2025
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Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
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.
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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Adoption and foster careAdvisory bodiesAlaska Natives and HawaiiansChild care and developmentChild safety and welfareElementary and secondary educationFamily relationshipsFederal-Indian relationsHawaiiHistorical and cultural resourcesHuman rightsIndian social and development programsLanguage artsMinority educationPublic participation and lobbyingRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsU.S. history
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.
CommitteeSenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.
CalendarsSenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.
CommitteeLibrary of CongressCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
CommitteeSenateIntroduced in Senate
IntroReferralLibrary of CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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