Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024

United States118th CongressS-1723Senate
Updated: Dec 24, 2024

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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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HR-7227: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-760, Part I.

  1. The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.

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  2. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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  3. Received in the House.

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  4. Held at the desk.

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