Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024
- Last Action
- 12/24/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-24Held at the desk.
- 2024-12-24Received in the House.
- 2024-12-23Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 2024-12-20Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7255-7267)
- 2024-12-20Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- 2024-12-20The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
- 2024-12-20Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7254-7267)
- 2024-07-08Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 432.
- 2024-07-08Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-187.
- 2024-07-08Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-187.
- 2023-06-07Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2023-05-18Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- 2023-05-18Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-18 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (20)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Subjects
- Adoption and foster care
- Advisory bodies
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- Elementary and secondary education
- Family relationships
- Federal-Indian relations
- Hawaii
- Historical and cultural resources
- Human rights
- Indian social and development programs
- Language arts
- Minority education
- Public participation and lobbying
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- U.S. history
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