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US HB7325
Bill
Status
2/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Tom Cole
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AI Summary
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Establishes a Truth and Healing Commission in the legislative branch with 5 members appointed by Congressional leaders to investigate the histories and long-term effects of federal Indian Boarding School policies on Native American communities, survivors, and their descendants
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Creates three supporting bodies: a 15-member Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee of boarding school survivors and descendants, a 19-member Native American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee, and a 20-member Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee including federal agency representatives and religious institutions
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Commission must hold convenings in each of the 12 Bureau of Indian Affairs regions plus Hawaii, produce initial and final reports with findings and recommendations, and locate/identify marked and unmarked burial sites where boarding school students were interred
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Allocates $90 million in funding and establishes a 6-year lifespan for the Commission, with requirements for trauma-informed care services at all convenings and meaningful consultation with Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Native Americans
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Clarifies that the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act applies to cultural items from Indian Boarding Schools and permits reburial of repatriated remains on federal land, while explicitly creating no private right of legal action
Legislative Description
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2026
Native Americans
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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.
2/3/2026