Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024
Latest action · Dec 24, 2024 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedMay 18, 2023
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 18, 2023 to Apr 16, 2024, with 26 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | May 18, 2023 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2024Held at the desk.
- Dec 24, 2024Received in the House.
- Dec 23, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 20, 2024Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7254-7267)
- Dec 20, 2024Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7255-7267)
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 3351 | In the nature of a substitute. | Brian Schatz D-HI | Amendment SA 3351 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7227 | Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024 | Related bill | Nov 22, 2024 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Adoption and foster care
- Advisory bodies
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- Elementary and secondary education
- Family relationships
- Federal-Indian relations
- Hawaii
- Historical and cultural resources
- Human rights
- Indian social and development programs
- Language arts
- Minority education
- Native Americans
- Public participation and lobbying
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- U.S. history
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2024Engrossed in Senate
- Jul 8, 2024Reported to Senate
- May 18, 2023Introduced in Senate
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