Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act
USA116th CongressHR-8420| House
| Updated: 9/29/2020
Debra A. Haaland
Democratic Representative
New Mexico
Cosponsors (17)
Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Tom Cole (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Susan A. Davis (Democratic)Ann Kirkpatrick (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Sharice Davids (Democratic)Denny Heck (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Kendra S. Horn (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)
Education and Workforce Committee, Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States and sets forth its powers, duties, and membership. Among other activities, the commission must study the impacts and ongoing effects of the Indian Boarding School Policy (a federal policy under which American Indian and Alaska Native children were forcibly removed from their family homes and placed in boarding schools) and make recommendations to discontinue the removal of American Indian and Alaska Native children from their families and tribal communities by state social service departments, foster care agencies, and adoption agencies.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Native Americans
Adoption and foster careAdvisory bodiesAlaska Natives and HawaiiansChild care and developmentChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightCultural exchanges and relationsEducational facilities and institutionsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEthnic studiesEvidence and witnessesFederal-Indian relationsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and fundingHistorical and cultural resourcesHuman rightsIndian social and development programsMental healthMinority educationMinority healthRacial and ethnic relationsSchool administrationSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTeaching, teachers, curriculaU.S. history
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act
USA116th CongressHR-8420| House
| Updated: 9/29/2020
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States and sets forth its powers, duties, and membership. Among other activities, the commission must study the impacts and ongoing effects of the Indian Boarding School Policy (a federal policy under which American Indian and Alaska Native children were forcibly removed from their family homes and placed in boarding schools) and make recommendations to discontinue the removal of American Indian and Alaska Native children from their families and tribal communities by state social service departments, foster care agencies, and adoption agencies.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Debra A. Haaland
Democratic Representative
New Mexico
Cosponsors (17)
Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Tom Cole (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Susan A. Davis (Democratic)Ann Kirkpatrick (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Sharice Davids (Democratic)Denny Heck (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Kendra S. Horn (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)
Education and Workforce Committee, Natural Resources Committee
Native Americans
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Adoption and foster careAdvisory bodiesAlaska Natives and HawaiiansChild care and developmentChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightCultural exchanges and relationsEducational facilities and institutionsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEthnic studiesEvidence and witnessesFederal-Indian relationsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and fundingHistorical and cultural resourcesHuman rightsIndian social and development programsMental healthMinority educationMinority healthRacial and ethnic relationsSchool administrationSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTeaching, teachers, curriculaU.S. history