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S. 761 (119th)

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

Original

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

26 February 2025

Last action

31 July 2025 · Reported

Status

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

Sponsors

Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV], Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela [D-MD], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]

Subjects

Housing, Education, Native Americans

Source updated

13 February 2026

Housing · Education · Native Americans

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Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. 26 February 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 26 February 2025

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 5 March 2025

    Reported

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

    Source: Committee

  4. 31 July 2025

    Calendars

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

    Source: Calendars

  5. 31 July 2025

    Reported

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

    Source: Committee

  6. 31 July 2025

    Reported

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

    Source: Committee

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Documents

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