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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 7325 (Introduced in House) — To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other... · Sec. 211

Sec. 211. Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee

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There is established within the Department of the Interior an advisory committee, to be known as the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee . The Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall include 20 members, of whom— 1 shall be the Chairperson of the Commission, who shall serve as the Chairperson of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee; 1 shall be the Chairperson of the Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee, who shall serve as the Vice Chairperson of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee; 1 shall be the White House Domestic Policy Advisor, who shall serve as the Secretary of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee; 1 shall be the Director of the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration (or a designee); 1 shall be the Archivist of the United States (or a designee); 1 shall be the Librarian of Congress (or a designee); 1 shall be the Director of the Department of the Interior Library (or a designee); 1 shall be the Director of the Indian Health Service (or a designee); 1 shall be the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Abuse of the Department of Health and Human Services (or a designee); 1 shall be the Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans of the Department of Health and Human Services (or a designee); 1 shall be the Director of the National Institutes of Health (or a designee); 1 shall be the Senior Program Director of the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations of the Department of the Interior (or a designee); 1 shall be the Director of the Office of Indian Education of the Department of Education (or a designee); 1 shall be the Director of the Rural, Insular, and Native American Achievement Programs of the Department of Education (or a designee); 1 shall be the Chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (or a designee); 1 shall be the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs (or a designee); 1 shall be the Director of the Bureau of Indian Education (or a designee); and 3 shall be representatives employed by, or representatives of, religious institutions, to be appointed by the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in consultation with relevant religious institutions.
A member of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall serve for an automatically renewable term of 2 years. A vacancy in the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee— shall not affect the powers of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee if a simple majority of the positions of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee are filled; and shall be filled within 90 days in the same manner as was the original appointment.
A quorum of members of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee may remove a member of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee only for neglect of duty or malfeasance. The Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the Commission submits the final report required under section 111(e)(3). Not later than 30 days after the date of the initial business meeting of the Commission under section 101(c)(1), the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall hold an initial business meeting— to establish rules for the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee; and to appoint 2 members of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee to serve as non-voting designees on the Commission in accordance with section 101(c)(3).
After the initial business meeting of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee is held under paragraph (1), the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairperson. A business meeting of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee may be conducted in-person or virtually. A business meeting of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee may be held only after a quorum, established in accordance with subsection (d), is present.
A simple majority of the members of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall constitute a quorum for a business meeting. The Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee may establish, with the advice of the Commission, by a majority vote, any rules for the conduct of business, in accordance with this section and other applicable law. The Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall— ensure the effective and timely coordination among Federal agencies and religious institutions in furtherance of the purposes of this Act; assist the Commission and the Native American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee in coordinating— meetings and other related public and private convenings; and the collection, organization, and preservation of information obtained from witnesses and by other Federal agencies and religious institutions; ensure the timely submission to the Commission of materials, documents, testimony, and such other information as the Commission determines to be necessary to carry out the duties of the Commission; and coordinate with the Commission, the Native American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee, and the Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee to carry out the purposes of this Act.
In carrying out the duties of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee under subsection (f), the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall meaningfully consult or engage, as appropriate, in a timely manner with Native Americans, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Native Hawaiian organizations. Subsection
(b)of section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 1974 ), shall not apply to the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee. Records and other communications in the possession of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall be exempt from disclosure under subsection (b)(3)(B) of section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act ). Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Federal Advisory Committee Act ), shall not apply to the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee.
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