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Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act

Introduced: October 4, 2022 Introduced by: Davids, Sharice Democratic · Kansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 7, 2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-595, Part I.
Jun 15, 2022
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 15, 2022
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 15, 2022
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
May 12, 2022
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Oct 3, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Sep 30, 2021
Introduced in House
Sep 30, 2021
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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now December 7, 2022

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-595, Part I.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 77
All 77 Democratic 57 Republican 5
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Dec 14, 2022
 D
Jacobs, Sara
California · Dec 6, 2022
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Nov 7, 2022
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Nov 3, 2022
Cárdenas, Tony
· Oct 7, 2022
Bass, Karen
· Oct 4, 2022
Peltola, Mary
· Sep 30, 2022
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Sep 28, 2022
Lawrence, Brenda
· Sep 28, 2022
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 28, 2022
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Carter, Troy A.
Louisiana · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 19, 2022
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Sep 13, 2022
Lawson, Al
· Sep 9, 2022
 R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Sep 9, 2022
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Tonko, Paul
New York · Aug 26, 2022
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Aug 9, 2022
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Aug 9, 2022
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jul 29, 2022
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 20, 2022
Newman, Marie
· Jul 7, 2022
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Chu, Judy
California · Jul 1, 2022
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 28, 2022
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 22, 2022
Crist, Charlie
· Jun 3, 2022
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · May 27, 2022
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 24, 2022
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · May 24, 2022
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · May 13, 2022
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Mar 31, 2022
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Mar 28, 2022
 D
Stanton, Greg
Arizona · Mar 28, 2022
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Mar 16, 2022
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Feb 22, 2022
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 7, 2022
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Jan 25, 2022
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jan 25, 2022
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Dec 14, 2021
 D
Strickland, Marilyn
Washington · Nov 15, 2021
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Nov 5, 2021
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Nov 5, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Nov 1, 2021
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Nov 1, 2021
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Oct 28, 2021
KIND, RON
· Oct 28, 2021
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 28, 2021
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Oct 25, 2021
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 21, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5444: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5444/
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