Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025 establishes a federal commission to investigate the history, impacts, and lasting effects of Indian Boarding Schools on Native American communities, including physical, cultural, and emotional consequences. The commission will document these impacts through research, hold meetings across the country to gather testimony from survivors and tribal representatives, and collaborate with a Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee and two advisory committees. The commission will produce an initial report within four years and a final report before terminating six years after enactment, with recommendations for Federal action to address the legacy of these policies. This legislation aims to formally acknowledge historical trauma caused by Indian Boarding Schools and guide future Federal efforts toward healing and reconciliation.
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Introduction
Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Last action Jul 31, 2025
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Jul 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.
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Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Feb 26, 2025
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Introduced in Senate
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1 primary · 26 co-sponsors
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Lisa Murkowski
RRepublican
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Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
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Angela D. Alsobrooks
DDemocratic
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Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
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Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
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Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
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Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
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Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
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Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
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Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
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Jacky Rosen
DDemocratic
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