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H.R. 5444 (117th)

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act

reportedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

30 September 2021

Last action

7 December 2022 · Reported

Status

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

Sponsors

Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3], Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6], Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2], Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Kaiali'i Kahele, Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9], Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1], Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5], Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1], Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5], Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1], Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5], Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2], Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39], Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9], Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2], Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]

Subjects

Housing, Education

Source updated

21 January 2026

Housing · Education

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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.

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Timeline

  1. 30 September 2021

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 30 September 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 30 September 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 3 October 2021

    Referred

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

    Source: Committee

  5. 12 May 2022

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

  6. 15 June 2022

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  7. 15 June 2022

    Committee

    Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.

    Source: Committee

  8. 15 June 2022

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Source: Committee

  9. 7 December 2022

    Reported

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

    Source: Committee

  10. 7 December 2022

    Reported

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

    Source: Committee

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