S 761 119th Congress
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
A bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.
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| IntroductionIntroduced | Introduced in the Senate. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionIntroduced in Senate | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Library of Congress · Code 10000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionIntroduced in Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139. | No additional detail supplied.Calendars · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Library of Congress · Code 14000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionReported to Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov |
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Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025This 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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- Reported to SenateJul 31, 2025
- Introduced in SenateFeb 26, 2025