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Introduced
09/29/2020
09/29/2020
In Committee
09/29/2020
09/29/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
A bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States, and for other purposes. This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States and sets forth its powers, duties, and membership. Among other activities, the commission must study the impacts and ongoing effects of the Indian Boarding School Policy (a federal policy under which American Indian and Alaska Native children were forcibly removed from their family homes and placed in boarding schools) and make recommendations to discontinue the removal of American Indian and Alaska Native children from their families and tribal communities by state social service departments, foster care agencies, and adoption agencies.
AI Summary
This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States. The commission is tasked with investigating and documenting the cultural genocide, assimilation practices, and human rights violations of the Indian Boarding School Policy, which forcibly removed over 100,000 American Indian and Alaska Native children from their families and placed them in government-run boarding schools. The commission will study the impacts and ongoing effects of this historical trauma on tribal communities and provide recommendations to the federal government to acknowledge and heal this trauma, including recommendations to stop the continued removal of Indigenous children from their families.
Committee Categories
Military Affairs and Security
Sponsors (3)
Last Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (on 09/29/2020)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4752/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4752/BILLS-116s4752is.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4752/BILLS-116s4752is.pdf.pdf |
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