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Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act

USA116th CongressS-4752| Senate 
| Updated: 9/29/2020
Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (2)
Tina Smith (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)

Indian Affairs 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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Timeline
Sep 29, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-8420
Introduced in House
Sep 29, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 29, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  • September 29, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-8420
    Introduced in House


  • September 29, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 29, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Native Americans

Related Bills

  • HR 116-8420: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act

USA116th CongressS-4752| Senate 
| 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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Timeline
Sep 29, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-8420
Introduced in House
Sep 29, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 29, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  • September 29, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-8420
    Introduced in House


  • September 29, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 29, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (2)
Tina Smith (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)

Indian Affairs Committee

Native Americans

Related Bills

  • HR 116-8420: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted