Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee, Education and Workforce Committee, Natural Resources Committee
Introduced
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On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
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.
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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.
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-595, Part I.
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
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
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act
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| Updated: 12/7/2022
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.
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Timeline
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-595, Part I.
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
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