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H.R. 5444

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act

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.

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-595, Part I.

Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3](D-KS)Sponsor
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  1. CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-595, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  2. Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-595, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  3. Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Natural Resources Committee
  4. Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  5. Committee

    Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.

    Natural Resources Committee
  6. Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
  7. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

    Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
  8. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.

    Natural Resources Committee
  9. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.

    Education and the Workforce Committee
  10. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  11. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act — Informed