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; 26 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | May 30, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | May 30, 2023 | |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Oct 16, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Laphonza R. Butler | Mar 8, 2024 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Apr 16, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred May 18, 2023Markup Jun 7, 2023Reported Jul 8, 2024 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2024Received in the House.
- Dec 24, 2024Held at the desk.
- 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, 2024The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7254–S7267Text printed S7261–S7267Amendments S7255, S7337 | Brian Schatz D-HI (amendment), Elizabeth Warren D-MA (amendment), Lisa Murkowski R-AK (amendment) | Dec 20, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5337–S5341 | Amy Klobuchar D-MN, Brian Schatz D-HI, Edward J. Markey D-MA, Elizabeth Warren D-MA, John W. Hickenlooper D-CO, Lisa Murkowski R-AK | Jul 24, 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
- Feb 20, 2024S. 1723, Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 7, 2023
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-131 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1208, TO AMEND THE ACT OF JUNE 18, 1934, TO REAFFIRM THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO TAKE LAND INTO TRUST FOR INDIAN TRIBES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND H.R. 6180, TO REAFFIRM THE APPLICABILITY OF THE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT TO THE POARCHBAND OF CREEK INDIANS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, "POARCH BAND OF CREEK INDIANS LANDS ACT"95 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jun 26, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-418 | S. 2908, S. 3263, S. 4000, AND S. 444252 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Jun 12, 2024 |
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 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2907 | Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act | Reintroduction of | Jun 22, 2022 |
| HR 7227 | Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024 | Related bill | Nov 22, 2024 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
