# 116-hr-8420: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act

116-hr-8420, Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM); status Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8420
- Congress: 116
- Title: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
- Introduced: 2020-09-29
- Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Native Americans
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act 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.

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## Sources
- [116-hr-8420 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8420)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8420 (as of 2025-11-18).