Senate Committee Advances Native-Led Truth and Healing Commission to Probe Indian Boarding School Abuses
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No action since July 2025
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Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 7227 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 7227 (118th) →How this policy affects specific groups of people
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.
The committee approved this bill and is sending it to the full chamber for a vote. This is a significant step — most bills never get this far.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
The committee approved this bill and is sending it to the full chamber for a vote. This is a significant step — most bills never get this far.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Introduced in Senate
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Rep. Tom Cole and Rep. Sharice Davids reintroduced H.R. 7325, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2026. The bill seeks to form an official commission to investigate federal actions that forcibly enrolled 86% of Indigenous children into boarding schools.
The U.S. Senate passed the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024 (S. 1723). The legislation calls for a formal investigation into the federal government's boarding school policies, which led to the attempted termination and assimilation of Native Americans.
A bill to create a U.S. Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies passed through the House Education and Workforce Committee. The act, H.R. 7227, would investigate human rights violations and develop recommendations to aid in healing historical and intergenerational trauma.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
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