Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024
This bill establishes a Truth and Healing Commission to investigate the history and impacts of U.S. Indian Boarding School policies on Native American communities, including cultural, emotional, and physical effects on survivors, descendants, and tribal communities. The Commission will document these impacts through research, public meetings, and testimony, working with two advisory committees focused on Native American perspectives and Federal agency coordination. The Commission will operate for six years, with annual reports to Congress and a final report containing recommendations for Federal action. The bill also includes provisions for managing burial sites related to boarding schools and ensures the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act applies to remains found on Federal lands related to these schools.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
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Introduced Feb 5, 2024
Last action Nov 22, 2024
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Total actions
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Committee
6
Amendments
1
Nov 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
lower
Nov 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
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Nov 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-760, Part I.
lower
Jun 13, 2024
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 4.
lower
Jun 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 80 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
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Party
State
District
P
Sharice Davids
DDemocratic
Co
Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Kim
DDemocratic
Co
Angie Craig
DDemocratic
Co
Anna G. Eshoo
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Becca Balint
DDemocratic
Co
Betty McCollum
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Pascrell, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Brad Finstad
RRepublican
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
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