Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 761 (Reported in Senate) — To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Purposes

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The purposes of this Act are— to establish a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, including other necessary advisory committees and subcommittees; to formally investigate, document, and report on the histories of Indian Boarding Schools, Indian Boarding School Polices, and the systematic and long-term effects of those schools and policies on Native American peoples; to develop recommendations for Federal efforts based on the findings of the Commission; and to promote healing for survivors of Indian Boarding Schools, the descendants of those survivors, and the communities of those survivors.