S 761

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.

Bill status

Status

Reported

Sponsor

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

Cosponsors

26

Policy area

Native Americans

Introduced

2025-02-26

Latest action

2025-07-31: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.

Committee referrals

• Indian Affairs Committee: Senate · Reported By · 2025-07-31
• Indian Affairs Committee: Senate · Markup By · 2025-03-05
• Indian Affairs Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-02-27

Recent actions

• 2025-07-31: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.
• 2025-07-31: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.
• 2025-07-31: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-54.
• 2025-03-05: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• 2025-02-26: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.