S. 761

119th Congress

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Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025

Sponsored byRepublican:Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]AK· Introduced 26 February 2025
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.

31 July 2025·11 months ago

Summary

Introduced in Senate · Updated 17 March 2025

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025

This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States within the legislative branch 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.

Timeline

6 actions

  1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.

    31 July 2025 · Calendars

  2. Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.

    31 July 2025 · Committee

  3. Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.

    31 July 2025 · Committee

  4. Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

    5 March 2025 · Committee

  5. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

    26 February 2025 · IntroReferral

  6. Introduced in Senate

    26 February 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

26 cosponsors

Sponsor

Republican:Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]AK

Cosponsors

  • Democrat2596%
  • Independent14%

Classification

Policy area

Native Americans

Legislative subjects

Adoption and foster careAdvisory bodiesAlaska Natives and HawaiiansChild care and developmentChild safety and welfareElementary and secondary educationFamily relationshipsFederal-Indian relationsHawaiiHistorical and cultural resourcesHuman rightsIndian social and development programs

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Cosponsor momentum

Cumulative over time

Cosponsors grew from 13 on 26 February 2025 to 26 on 11 February 2026.

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