HR 7227 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024

Latest action · Nov 22, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 630.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 5, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 80

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2024 to Nov 13, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OKTom ColeOriginalFeb 5, 2024
D-MNBetty McCollumFeb 14, 2024
R-NCChuck EdwardsFeb 14, 2024
D-MDDavid J. TroneMar 5, 2024
D-WADerek KilmerMar 5, 2024
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonMar 5, 2024
D-WIGwen MooreMar 5, 2024
R-MTRyan K. ZinkeMar 5, 2024
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoMar 7, 2024
D-NYJerrold NadlerMar 19, 2024
D-NYPaul TonkoMar 19, 2024
D-MNIlhan OmarMar 20, 2024
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMar 20, 2024
R-AZJuan CiscomaniMar 22, 2024
D-MIRashida TlaibMar 22, 2024
D-NHChris PappasApr 10, 2024
D-PAChrissy HoulahanApr 10, 2024
D-AKMary Sattler PeltolaApr 10, 2024
D-OHShontel M. BrownApr 10, 2024
D-TNSteve CohenApr 10, 2024
R-ORLori Chavez-DeRemerApr 11, 2024
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickApr 12, 2024
D-CAAdam B. SchiffApr 16, 2024
D-OHGreg LandsmanApr 16, 2024
D-WAPramila JayapalApr 16, 2024
D-TXHenry CuellarMay 1, 2024
D-HIJill N. TokudaMay 1, 2024
R-NYNicholas A. LangworthyMay 1, 2024
D-WARick LarsenMay 1, 2024
D-NJAndy KimMay 6, 2024
D-MNAngie CraigMay 6, 2024
D-FLDarren SotoMay 6, 2024
R-NEDon BaconMay 6, 2024
D-MDJamie RaskinMay 6, 2024
D-NJJosh GottheimerMay 6, 2024
D-PAMadeleine DeanMay 6, 2024
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiMay 6, 2024
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.May 6, 2024
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciMay 6, 2024
D-ILEric SorensenMay 7, 2024
D-FLMaxwell FrostMay 7, 2024
D-COJoe NeguseMay 8, 2024
D-WAMarie Gluesenkamp PerezMay 8, 2024
D-NVSteven HorsfordMay 8, 2024
D-VTBecca BalintMay 14, 2024
D-MEChellie PingreeMay 14, 2024
D-MOEmanuel CleaverMay 14, 2024
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.May 16, 2024
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterMay 16, 2024
D-PASummer L. LeeMay 16, 2024
D-CAMark DeSaulnierMay 17, 2024
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneMay 21, 2024
D-MNDean PhillipsJun 4, 2024
D-CAJudy ChuJun 4, 2024
D-CAJulia BrownleyJun 4, 2024
D-CARo KhannaJun 4, 2024
D-MASeth MoultonJun 4, 2024
D-NMTeresa Leger FernandezJun 5, 2024
R-INErin HouchinJun 12, 2024
D-CAJosh HarderJun 12, 2024
D-PASusan WildJun 12, 2024
R-CAKevin KileyJun 13, 2024
R-UTBurgess OwensJun 26, 2024
R-KSJake LaTurnerJun 26, 2024
R-NEMike FloodJun 26, 2024
R-NDKelly ArmstrongJul 8, 2024
R-MNPete StauberJul 8, 2024
D-CAZoe LofgrenJul 10, 2024
R-TNCharles J. "Chuck" FleischmannJul 25, 2024
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarJul 25, 2024
D-CAMark TakanoSep 6, 2024
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezSep 10, 2024
R-INRudy Yakym IIISep 10, 2024
R-NYMarcus J. MolinaroSep 17, 2024
R-MIJack BergmanSep 24, 2024
D-CAAnna G. EshooOct 25, 2024
D-CABarbara LeeOct 25, 2024
R-WADan NewhouseOct 25, 2024
D-AZGreg StantonOct 25, 2024
R-MNBrad FinstadNov 13, 2024

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Feb 5, 2024Markup Jun 13, 2024Reported Nov 22, 2024
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Feb 5, 2024Discharged Nov 22, 2024
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Feb 5, 2024Discharged Nov 22, 2024
Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 9, 2024

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 22, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-760, Part I.
  2. Nov 22, 2024Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
  3. Nov 22, 2024Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
  4. Nov 22, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 630.
  5. Jun 13, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5756Chuck Edwards R-NCSep 25, 2024

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Aug 14, 2024H.R. 7227, Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 13, 2024

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 20, February 5, 2024, page H431.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1723Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024Related billDec 24, 2024

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 22, 2024Reported in House
  2. Feb 5, 2024Introduced in House

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