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S 4752 116th Congress Senate Native Americans

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act

Introduced: September 29, 2020 Introduced by: Warren, Elizabeth Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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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.

What's happening now September 29, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 16, 2020
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Nov 16, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4752: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4752/
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"S. 4752: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4752/.
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