Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.· July 31, 2025
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What this bill does
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States within the legislative branch 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.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - AK · R-AK
26 cosponsors
Member of Congress · D-MA
U.S. Senator - Hawaii · D-HI
U.S. Senator - Colorado · D-CO
Member of Congress · D-MN
U.S. Representative - NV · D-NV
U.S. Senator - Washington · D-WA
U.S. Representative - CT · D-CT
U.S. Representative - CO · D-CO
Member of Congress · D-IL
U.S. Representative - VT · I-VT
U.S. Representative - NV · D-NV
Member of Congress · D-AZ
+ 14 more cosponsors
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | S |
| Bill Number | 761 |
| Origin Chamber | Senate |
| Current Status | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139. |
| Policy Area | Native Americans |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | February 26, 2025 |
| Latest Action | July 31, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 26 · House vote — · — views |