CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

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

S. 761 · Senate bill Native Americans

A Republican bill with 25 Democratic cosponsors · See all 26 cosponsors

Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States. The Commission is tasked with investigating the history and long-term effects of Indian Boarding Schools and their policies on Native American peoples. It includes several advisory committees and a specific subcommittee for survivors to assist in this process. The Commission is required to develop recommendations for Federal efforts based on its findings. Additionally, the Act aims to promote healing for survivors, their descendants, and their communities.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +9

    Would Native Americans be better off under this?

    The bill establishes a commission specifically to investigate and promote healing for Native American peoples and their descendants.

  • Scored +8

    Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated?

    The bill promotes healing and documentation of the impacts of policies that affected Native American communities.

  • Scored +5

    Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?

    The bill includes provisions for the management and reburial of cultural items on Federal land.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.