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H.R. 5444 · 117th Congress

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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12 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 30, 2021

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act

This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States 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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act

Latest action (Dec 7, 2022): Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-595, Part I.

Policy area: Native Americans · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 30, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.