S. 761
119th Congress
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
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6
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.
31 juillet 2025·11 months ago
Summary
Introduced in Senate · Updated 17 mars 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
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.
31 juillet 2025 · Calendars
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.
31 juillet 2025 · Committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.
31 juillet 2025 · Committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
5 mars 2025 · Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
26 février 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
26 février 2025 · IntroReferral
Sponsorship
26 cosponsors
Sponsor
Republican:Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]AKCosponsors
- Democrat2596%
- Independent14%
- Democrat:Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]AZ
- Democrat:Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]OR
- Democrat:Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]MD
- Democrat:Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]IL
- Democrat:Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]NH
- Democrat:Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]WI
- Democrat:Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]OR
- Democrat:Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]HI
- Democrat:Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]MA
- Democrat:Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]NM
- Democrat:Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]MN
- Democrat:Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]NJ
- Democrat:Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]WA
- Democrat:Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]MN
- Democrat:Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]NM
- Democrat:Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]NV
- Democrat:Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]HI
- Democrat:Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]MA
- Democrat:Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]IL
- Democrat:Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]AZ
- Democrat:Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]NV
- Democrat:Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]CT
- Democrat:Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]CO
- Independent:Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]VT
- Democrat:Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]CO
- Democrat:Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]WA
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Cosponsor momentum
Cumulative over time
Cosponsors grew from 13 on 26 février 2025 to 26 on 11 février 2026.
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