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4	4	STSESSION S. 761
5	5	To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School
6	6	Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY26, 2025
9	9	Ms. M
10	10	URKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr.
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12	12	ICKENLOOPER, Ms. SMITH, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr.
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14	14	LUMENTHAL, Mr. BENNET, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. SANDERS, Ms.
15	15	R
16	16	OSEN, Mr. KELLY, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill;
17	17	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
18	18	A BILL
19	19	To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian
20	20	Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for
21	21	other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
25	25	(a) S
26	26	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
27	27	‘‘Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding 5
28	28	School Policies Act of 2025’’. 6
29	29	(b) T
30	30	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
31	31	this Act is as follows: 8
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35	35	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
36	36	Sec. 2. Purposes.
37	37	Sec. 3. Definitions.
38	38	TITLE I—COMMISSION AND SUBCOMMITTEE
39	39	Subtitle A—Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School
40	40	Policies in the United States
41	41	Sec. 101. Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies
42	42	in the United States.
43	43	Subtitle B—Duties of the Commission
44	44	Sec. 111. Duties of the Commission.
45	45	Subtitle C—Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee
46	46	Sec. 121. Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee.
47	47	TITLE II—ADVISORY COMMITTEES
48	48	Subtitle A—Native American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee
49	49	Sec. 201. Native American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee.
50	50	Subtitle B—Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee
51	51	Sec. 211. Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee.
52	52	TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
53	53	Sec. 301. Clarification.
54	54	Sec. 302. Burial management.
55	55	Sec. 303. Co-stewardship agreements.
56	56	Sec. 304. No right of action.
57	57	SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
58	58	1
59	59	The purposes of this Act are— 2
60	60	(1) to establish a Truth and Healing Commis-3
61	61	sion on Indian Boarding School Policies in the 4
62	62	United States, including other necessary advisory 5
63	63	committees and subcommittees; 6
64	64	(2) to formally investigate, document, and re-7
65	65	port on the histories of Indian Boarding Schools, In-8
66	66	dian Boarding School Polices, and the systematic 9
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70	70	and long-term effects of those schools and policies 1
71	71	on Native American peoples; 2
72	72	(3) to develop recommendations for Federal ef-3
73	73	forts based on the findings of the Commission; and 4
74	74	(4) to promote healing for survivors of Indian 5
75	75	Boarding Schools, the descendants of those sur-6
76	76	vivors, and the communities of those survivors. 7
77	77	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 8
78	78	In this Act: 9
79	79	(1) C
80	80	OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 10
81	81	means the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian 11
82	82	Boarding School Policies in the United States estab-12
83	83	lished by section 101(a). 13
84	84	(2) F
85	85	EDERAL AND RELIGIOUS TRUTH AND 14
86	86	HEALING ADVISORY COMMITTEE .—The term ‘‘Fed-15
87	87	eral and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory 16
88	88	Committee’’ means the Federal and Religious Truth 17
89	89	and Healing Advisory Committee established by sec-18
90	90	tion 211(a). 19
91	91	(3) I
92	92	NDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the mean-20
93	93	ing given the term in section 6151 of the Elemen-21
94	94	tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 22
95	95	U.S.C. 7491). 23
96	96	(4) I
97	97	NDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL .—The term ‘‘In-24
98	98	dian Boarding School’’ means— 25
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102	102	(A) a site of an institution that— 1
103	103	(i) provided on-site housing or over-2
104	104	night lodging; 3
105	105	(ii) was described in Federal records 4
106	106	as providing formal academic or vocational 5
107	107	training and instruction to Native Ameri-6
108	108	cans; 7
109	109	(iii) received Federal funds or other 8
110	110	Federal support; and 9
111	111	(iv) was operational before 1969; 10
112	112	(B) a site of an institution identified by 11
113	113	the Department of the Interior in appendices A 12
114	114	and B of the report entitled ‘‘Federal Indian 13
115	115	Boarding School Initiative Investigative Re-14
116	116	port’’ and dated May 2022 (or a successor re-15
117	117	port); or 16
118	118	(C) any other institution that implemented 17
119	119	Indian Boarding School Policies, including an 18
120	120	Indian day school. 19
121	121	(5) I
122	122	NDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL POLICIES .—The 20
123	123	term ‘‘Indian Boarding School Policies’’ means Fed-21
124	124	eral laws, policies, and practices purported to ‘‘as-22
125	125	similate’’ and ‘‘civilize’’ Native Americans that in-23
126	126	cluded psychological, physical, sexual, and mental 24
127	127	abuse, forced removal from home or community, and 25
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131	131	identity-altering practices intended to terminate Na-1
132	132	tive languages, cultures, religions, social organiza-2
133	133	tions, or connections to traditional land. 3
134	134	(6) I
135	135	NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 4
136	136	has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 5
137	137	Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 6
138	138	Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 7
139	139	(7) N
140	140	ATIVE AMERICAN.—The term ‘‘Native 8
141	141	American’’ means an individual who is— 9
142	142	(A) an Indian; or 10
143	143	(B) a Native Hawaiian. 11
144	144	(8) N
145	145	ATIVE AMERICAN TRUTH AND HEALING 12
146	146	ADVISORY COMMITTEE .—The term ‘‘Native Amer-13
147	147	ican Truth and Healing Advisory Committee’’ means 14
148	148	the Native American Truth and Healing Advisory 15
149	149	Committee established by the Commission under sec-16
150	150	tion 201(a). 17
151	151	(9) N
152	152	ATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term ‘‘Native Ha-18
153	153	waiian’’ has the meaning given the term in section 19
154	154	6207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 20
155	155	Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7517). 21
156	156	(10) N
157	157	ATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION .—The 22
158	158	term ‘‘Native Hawaiian organization’’ means a pri-23
159	159	vate nonprofit organization that— 24
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163	163	(A) serves and represents the interests of 1
164	164	Native Hawaiians; 2
165	165	(B) has as its primary and stated purpose 3
166	166	the provision of services to Native Hawaiians; 4
167	167	(C) has Native Hawaiians serving in sub-5
168	168	stantive and policymaking positions; and 6
169	169	(D) has expertise in Native Hawaiian af-7
170	170	fairs. 8
171	171	(11) O
172	172	FFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS .—The 9
173	173	term ‘‘Office of Hawaiian Affairs’’ has the meaning 10
174	174	given the term in section 6207 of the Elementary 11
175	175	and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 12
176	176	7517). 13
177	177	(12) S
178	178	URVIVORS TRUTH AND HEALING SUB -14
179	179	COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Survivors Truth and Heal-15
180	180	ing Subcommittee’’ means the Survivors Truth and 16
181	181	Healing Subcommittee established by section 121(a). 17
182	182	(13) T
183	183	RAUMA-INFORMED CARE .—The term 18
184	184	‘‘trauma-informed care’’ means holistic psychological 19
185	185	and health care practices that include promoting cul-20
186	186	turally responsive practices, patient psychological, 21
187	187	physical, and emotional safety, and environments of 22
188	188	healing, trust, peer support, and recovery. 23
189	189	(14) T
190	190	RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘Trib-24
191	191	al organization’’ has the meaning given the term in 25
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195	195	section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-1
196	196	cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 2
197	197	TITLE I—COMMISSION AND 3
198	198	SUBCOMMITTEE 4
199	199	Subtitle A—Truth and Healing 5
200	200	Commission on Indian Boarding 6
201	201	School Policies in the United 7
202	202	States 8
203	203	SEC. 101. TRUTH AND HEALING COMMISSION ON INDIAN 9
204	204	BOARDING SCHOOL POLICIES IN THE UNITED 10
205	205	STATES. 11
206	206	(a) E
207	207	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 12
208	208	legislative branch a commission, to be known as the 13
209	209	‘‘Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding 14
210	210	School Policies in the United States’’. 15
211	211	(b) M
212	212	EMBERSHIP.— 16
213	213	(1) A
214	214	PPOINTMENT.—Nominees submitted under 17
215	215	paragraph (2)(A) shall be appointed as members to 18
216	216	the Commission as follows: 19
217	217	(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 20
218	218	majority leader of the Senate, in consultation 21
219	219	with the Chairperson of the Committee on In-22
220	220	dian Affairs of the Senate. 23
221	221	(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 24
222	222	minority leader of the Senate, in consultation 25
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226	226	with the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on 1
227	227	Indian Affairs of the Senate. 2
228	228	(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 3
229	229	Speaker of the House of Representatives, in 4
230	230	consultation with the Chair of the Committee 5
231	231	on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-6
232	232	resentatives. 7
233	233	(D) 1 member shall be appointed by the 8
234	234	minority leader of the House of Representa-9
235	235	tives, in consultation with the Ranking Member 10
236	236	of the Committee on Natural Resources of the 11
237	237	House of Representatives. 12
238	238	(E) 1 member shall be jointly appointed by 13
239	239	the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the 14
240	240	Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate. 15
241	241	(2) N
242	242	OMINATIONS.— 16
243	243	(A) I
244	244	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 17
245	245	after the date of the enactment of this Act, In-18
246	246	dian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Amer-19
247	247	icans, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Na-20
248	248	tive Hawaiian organizations may submit to the 21
249	249	Secretary of the Interior nominations for indi-22
250	250	viduals to be appointed as members of the Com-23
251	251	mission. 24
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255	255	(B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS .—Not later 1
256	256	than 7 days after the submission deadline for 2
257	257	nominations described in subparagraph (A), the 3
258	258	Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Con-4
259	259	gress a list of the individuals nominated under 5
260	260	that subparagraph. 6
261	261	(C) Q
262	262	UALIFICATIONS.— 7
263	263	(i) I
264	264	N GENERAL.—Nominees to serve 8
265	265	on the Commission shall have significant 9
266	266	experience in matters relating to— 10
267	267	(I) overseeing or leading complex 11
268	268	research initiatives with and for In-12
269	269	dian Tribes and Native Americans; 13
270	270	(II) indigenous human rights law 14
271	271	and policy; 15
272	272	(III) Tribal court judicial and re-16
273	273	storative justice systems and Federal 17
274	274	agencies, such as participation as a 18
275	275	Tribal judge, researcher, or former 19
276	276	presidentially appointed commissioner; 20
277	277	(IV) providing and coordinating 21
278	278	trauma-informed care and other 22
279	279	health-related services to Indian 23
280	280	Tribes and Native Americans; or 24
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284	284	(V) traditional and cultural re-1
285	285	sources and practices in Native com-2
286	286	munities. 3
287	287	(ii) A
288	288	DDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS .— 4
289	289	In addition to the qualifications described 5
290	290	in clause (i), each member of the Commis-6
291	291	sion shall be an individual of recognized in-7
292	292	tegrity and empathy, with a demonstrated 8
293	293	commitment to the values of truth, rec-9
294	294	onciliation, healing, and expertise in truth 10
295	295	and healing endeavors that are tradition-11
296	296	ally and culturally appropriate so as to 12
297	297	provide balanced points of view and exper-13
298	298	tise with respect to the duties of the Com-14
299	299	mission. 15
300	300	(3) D
301	301	ATE.—Members of the Commission under 16
302	302	paragraph (1) shall be appointed not later than 180 17
303	303	days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 18
304	304	(4) P
305	305	ERIOD OF APPOINTMENT ; VACANCIES; RE-19
306	306	MOVAL.— 20
307	307	(A) P
308	308	ERIOD OF APPOINTMENT .—A mem-21
309	309	ber of the Commission shall be appointed for a 22
310	310	term that is the shorter of— 23
311	311	(i) 6 years; and 24
312	312	(ii) the life of the Commission. 25
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316	316	(B) VACANCIES.—After all initial members 1
317	317	of the Commission are appointed and the initial 2
318	318	business meeting of the Commission has been 3
319	319	convened under subsection (c)(1), a single va-4
320	320	cancy in the Commission— 5
321	321	(i) shall not affect the powers of the 6
322	322	Commission; and 7
323	323	(ii) shall be filled within 90 days in 8
324	324	the same manner as was the original ap-9
325	325	pointment. 10
326	326	(C) R
327	327	EMOVAL.—A quorum of members of 11
328	328	the Commission may remove a member of the 12
329	329	Commission only for neglect of duty or malfea-13
330	330	sance. 14
331	331	(5) T
332	332	ERMINATION.—The Commission shall ter-15
333	333	minate 6 years after the date of the enactment of 16
334	334	this Act. 17
335	335	(6) L
336	336	IMITATION.—No member of the Commis-18
337	337	sion may otherwise be an officer or employee of the 19
338	338	Federal Government. 20
339	339	(c) B
340	340	USINESSMEETINGS.— 21
341	341	(1) I
342	342	NITIAL BUSINESS MEETING .—90 days after 22
343	343	the date on which all of the members of the Com-23
344	344	mission are appointed under subsection (b)(1)(A), 24
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348	348	the Commission shall hold the initial business meet-1
349	349	ing of the Commission— 2
350	350	(A) to appoint a Chairperson, a Vice 3
351	351	Chairperson, and such other positions as deter-4
352	352	mined necessary by the Commission; 5
353	353	(B) to establish rules for meetings of the 6
354	354	Commission; and 7
355	355	(C) to appoint members of— 8
356	356	(i) the Survivors Truth and Healing 9
357	357	Subcommittee under section 121(b)(1); 10
358	358	and 11
359	359	(ii) the Native American Truth and 12
360	360	Healing Advisory Committee under section 13
361	361	201(b)(1). 14
362	362	(2) S
363	363	UBSEQUENT BUSINESS MEETINGS .—After 15
364	364	the initial business meeting of the Commission is 16
365	365	held under paragraph (1), the Commission shall 17
366	366	meet at the call of the Chairperson. 18
367	367	(3) A
368	368	DVISORY AND SUBCOMMITTEE COMMIT -19
369	369	TEES DESIGNEES .—Each Commission business 20
370	370	meeting shall include participation by 2 non-voting 21
371	371	designees from each of the Survivors Truth and 22
372	372	Healing Subcommittee, the Native American Truth 23
373	373	and Healing Advisory Committee, and the Federal 24
374	374	and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Com-25
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378	378	mittee, as appointed in accordance with section 1
379	379	121(c)(1)(D), section 201(e)(1)(C), and section 2
380	380	211(c)(1)(B), as applicable. 3
381	381	(4) F
382	382	ORMAT OF MEETINGS .—A business meet-4
383	383	ing of the Commission may be conducted in-person 5
384	384	or virtually. 6
385	385	(5) Q
386	386	UORUM REQUIRED .—A business meeting 7
387	387	of the Commission may be held only after a quorum, 8
388	388	established in accordance with subsection (d), is 9
389	389	present. 10
390	390	(d) Q
391	391	UORUM.—A simple majority of the members of 11
392	392	the Commission shall constitute a quorum for a business 12
393	393	meeting. 13
394	394	(e) R
395	395	ULES.—The Commission may establish, by a 14
396	396	majority vote, any rules for the conduct of Commission 15
397	397	business, in accordance with this section and other appli-16
398	398	cable law. 17
399	399	(f) C
400	400	OMMISSIONPERSONNELMATTERS.— 18
401	401	(1) C
402	402	OMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS .—A 19
403	403	member of the Commission shall be compensated at 20
404	404	a daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 21
405	405	prescribed for grade 5 of the General Schedule 22
406	406	under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, 23
407	407	for each day, not to exceed 10 days per month, for 24
408	408	which a member is engaged in the performance of 25
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412	412	their duties under this Act, limited to convening 1
413	413	meetings, including public or private meetings to re-2
414	414	ceive testimony in furtherance of the duties of the 3
415	415	Commission and the purposes of this Act. 4
416	416	(2) T
417	417	RAVEL EXPENSES .—A member of the 5
418	418	Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, includ-6
419	419	ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author-7
420	420	ized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 8
421	421	chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 9
422	422	away from their homes or regular places of business 10
423	423	in the performance of services for the Commission. 11
424	424	(3) D
425	425	ETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES .— 12
426	426	Any Federal Government employee, with the ap-13
427	427	proval of the head of the appropriate Federal agency 14
428	428	and at the request of the Commission, may be de-15
429	429	tailed to the Commission without— 16
430	430	(A) reimbursement to the agency of that 17
431	431	employee; and 18
432	432	(B) interruption or loss of civil service sta-19
433	433	tus, benefits, or privileges. 20
434	434	(g) P
435	435	OWERS OFCOMMISSION.— 21
436	436	(1) C
437	437	ONVENINGS AND INFORMATION .—The 22
438	438	Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out 23
439	439	this Act— 24
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443	443	(A) hold such convenings and sit and act 1
444	444	at such times and places, take such testimony, 2
445	445	and receive such information, virtually or in- 3
446	446	person, as the Commission may determine nec-4
447	447	essary to accomplish the purposes of this Act; 5
448	448	(B) conduct or request such interdiscipli-6
449	449	nary research, investigation, or analysis of such 7
450	450	information and documents, records, or other 8
451	451	data as the Commission may determine nec-9
452	452	essary to accomplish the purposes of this Act, 10
453	453	including— 11
454	454	(i) securing, directly from a Federal 12
455	455	agency, such information as the Commis-13
456	456	sion considers necessary to accomplish the 14
457	457	purposes of this Act; and 15
458	458	(ii) requesting the head of any rel-16
459	459	evant Tribal or State agency to provide to 17
460	460	the Commission such information as the 18
461	461	Commission considers necessary to accom-19
462	462	plish the purposes of this Act; 20
463	463	(C) request such records, papers, cor-21
464	464	respondence, memoranda, documents, books, 22
465	465	videos, oral histories, recordings, or any other 23
466	466	paper or electronic material, as the Commission 24
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470	470	may determine necessary to accomplish the pur-1
471	471	poses of this Act; 2
472	472	(D) oversee, direct, and collaborate with 3
473	473	the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing 4
474	474	Advisory Committee, the Native American 5
475	475	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee, and 6
476	476	the Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee 7
477	477	to accomplish the purposes of this Act; and 8
478	478	(E) coordinate with Federal and non-Fed-9
479	479	eral entities to preserve and archive, as appro-10
480	480	priate, any gifts, documents, or other property 11
481	481	received while carrying out the purposes of this 12
482	482	Act. 13
483	483	(2) C
484	484	ONTRACTING; VOLUNTEER SERVICES .— 14
485	485	(A) C
486	486	ONTRACTING.—The Commission 15
487	487	may, to such extent and in such amounts as are 16
488	488	provided in appropriations Acts, and in accord-17
489	489	ance with applicable law, enter into contracts 18
490	490	and other agreements with public agencies, pri-19
491	491	vate organizations, and individuals to enable the 20
492	492	Commission to carry out the duties of the Com-21
493	493	mission under this Act. 22
494	494	(B) V
495	495	OLUNTEER AND UNCOMPENSATED 23
496	496	SERVICES.—Notwithstanding section 1342 of 24
497	497	title 31, United States Code, the Commission 25
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501	501	may accept and use such voluntary and uncom-1
502	502	pensated services as the Commission determines 2
503	503	to be necessary. 3
504	504	(C) G
505	505	ENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRA -4
506	506	TION.—The Administrator of General Services 5
507	507	shall provide, on request of the Commission, on 6
508	508	a reimbursable basis, administrative support 7
509	509	and other services for the performance of the 8
510	510	functions of the Commission under this Act. 9
511	511	(3) P
512	512	OSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may 10
513	513	use the United States mails in the same manner and 11
514	514	under the same conditions as other agencies of the 12
515	515	Federal Government. 13
516	516	(4) G
517	517	IFTS, FUNDRAISING, AND DISBURSE -14
518	518	MENT.— 15
519	519	(A) G
520	520	IFTS AND DONATIONS.— 16
521	521	(i) I
522	522	N GENERAL.—The Commission 17
523	523	may accept, use, and dispose of any gift, 18
524	524	donation, service, property, or other record 19
525	525	or recording to accomplish the purposes of 20
526	526	this Act. 21
527	527	(ii) R
528	528	ETURN OF GIFTS AND DONA -22
529	529	TIONS.—On termination of the Commis-23
530	530	sion under subsection (b)(5), any gifts, 24
531	531	unspent donations, property, or other 25
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534	534	•S 761 IS
535	535	record or recording accepted by the Com-1
536	536	mission under clause (i) shall be— 2
537	537	(I) returned to the donor that 3
538	538	made the donation under that clause; 4
539	539	or 5
540	540	(II) archived under subparagraph 6
541	541	(E). 7
542	542	(B) F
543	543	UNDRAISING.—The Commission may, 8
544	544	on the affirmative vote of
545	545	3
546	546	⁄5of the members of 9
547	547	the Commission, solicit funds to accomplish the 10
548	548	purposes of this Act. 11
549	549	(C) D
550	550	ISBURSEMENT.—The Commission 12
551	551	may, on the affirmative vote of
552	552	3
553	553	⁄5of the mem-13
554	554	bers of the Commission, approve a spending 14
555	555	plan of funds to accomplish the purposes of this 15
556	556	Act. 16
557	557	(D) T
558	558	AX DOCUMENTS .—The Commission 17
559	559	(or a designee) shall, on request of a donor 18
560	560	under subparagraph (A) or (B), provide tax 19
561	561	documentation to that donor for any tax-de-20
562	562	ductible gift made by that donor under those 21
563	563	subparagraphs. 22
564	564	(E) A
565	565	RCHIVING.—The Commission shall 23
566	566	coordinate with the Library of Congress and 24
567	567	the Smithsonian Institution to archive and pre-25
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570	570	•S 761 IS
571	571	serve relevant gifts or donations received under 1
572	572	subparagraph (A) or (B). 2
573	573	(h) C
574	574	ONVENING.— 3
575	575	(1) C
576	576	ONVENING PROTOCOL .— 4
577	577	(A) I
578	578	N GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 5
579	579	after the initial business meeting of the Native 6
580	580	American Truth and Healing Advisory Com-7
581	581	mittee, the Commission, 3 designees from the 8
582	582	Native American Truth and Healing Advisory 9
583	583	Committee, and 3 designees from the Survivors 10
584	584	Truth and Healing Subcommittee shall hold a 11
585	585	meeting to recommend rules, protocols, and for-12
586	586	mats for convenings carried out under this sub-13
587	587	section. 14
588	588	(B) R
589	589	ULES AND PROTOCOLS .—Not later 15
590	590	than 45 days after the initial meeting described 16
591	591	in subparagraph (A), the Commission shall fi-17
592	592	nalize rules, protocols, and formats for 18
593	593	convenings carried out under this subsection by 19
594	594	a
595	595	3
596	596	⁄5majority in attendance at a meeting of the 20
597	597	Commission. 21
598	598	(C) A
599	599	DDITIONAL MEETINGS .—The Com-22
600	600	mission and designees described in subpara-23
601	601	graph (A) may hold additional meetings, as 24
602	602	necessary, to amend, by a
603	603	3
604	604	⁄5majority in at-25
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607	607	•S 761 IS
608	608	tendance at a meeting of the Commission, the 1
609	609	rules, protocols, and formats for convenings es-2
610	610	tablished under that subparagraph. 3
611	611	(2) A
612	612	NNOUNCEMENT OF CONVENINGS .—Not 4
613	613	later than 30 days before the date of a convening 5
614	614	under this subsection, the Commission shall an-6
615	615	nounce the location and details of the convening. 7
616	616	(3) M
617	617	INIMUM NUMBER OF CONVENINGS .—The 8
618	618	Commission shall hold— 9
619	619	(A) not fewer than 1 convening in each of 10
620	620	the 12 regions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 11
621	621	and in Hawai‘i during the life of the Commis-12
622	622	sion; and 13
623	623	(B) beginning 1 year after the date of the 14
624	624	enactment of this Act, not fewer than 1 con-15
625	625	vening in each quarter to receive testimony each 16
626	626	calendar year until the date on which the Com-17
627	627	mission submits the final report of the Commis-18
628	628	sion under section 111(e)(3). 19
629	629	(4) O
630	630	PPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY .— 20
631	631	No person or entity shall be denied the opportunity 21
632	632	to provide relevant testimony or information at a 22
633	633	convening held under this subsection, except at the 23
634	634	discretion of the Chairperson of the Commission (or 24
635	635	a designee). 25
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639	639	(i) FEDERALADVISORYCOMMITTEEACTAPPLICA-1
640	640	BILITY.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (com-2
641	641	monly known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’), 3
642	642	shall not apply to the Commission. 4
643	643	(j) C
644	644	ONGRESSIONALACCOUNTABILITYACTAPPLICA-5
645	645	BILITY.—For purposes of the Congressional Account-6
646	646	ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.)— 7
647	647	(1) any individual who is an employee of the 8
648	648	Commission shall be considered a covered employee 9
649	649	under the Act; and 10
650	650	(2) the Commission shall be considered an em-11
651	651	ploying office under the Act; and 12
652	652	(3) a member of the Commission shall be con-13
653	653	sidered a covered employee under the Act. 14
654	654	(k) C
655	655	ONSULTATION OR ENGAGEMENTWITHNATIVE 15
656	656	A
657	657	MERICANS, INDIANTRIBES, TRIBALORGANIZATIONS, 16
658	658	THEOFFICE OFHAWAIIANAFFAIRS, ANDNATIVEHA-17
659	659	WAIIANORGANIZATIONS.—In carrying out the duties of 18
660	660	the Commission under section 111, the Commission shall 19
661	661	meaningfully consult or engage, as appropriate, in a timely 20
662	662	manner with Native Americans, Indian Tribes, Tribal or-21
663	663	ganizations, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Native 22
664	664	Hawaiian organizations. 23
665	665	(l) F
666	666	UNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-24
667	667	propriated pursuant to section 105 of the Indian Land 25
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670	670	•S 761 IS
671	671	Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 2201 1
672	672	note; Public Law 106–462) and section 403 of the Indian 2
673	673	Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1523), $90,000,000 3
674	674	shall be used to carry out this Act. 4
675	675	Subtitle B—Duties of the 5
676	676	Commission 6
677	677	SEC. 111. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. 7
678	678	(a) I
679	679	NVESTIGATION.— 8
680	680	(1) I
681	681	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall con-9
682	682	duct a comprehensive interdisciplinary investigation 10
683	683	of Indian Boarding School Policies, including the so-11
684	684	cial, cultural, economic, emotional, and physical ef-12
685	685	fects of Indian Boarding School Policies in the 13
686	686	United States on Native American communities, In-14
687	687	dian Tribes, survivors of Indian Boarding Schools, 15
688	688	families of those survivors, and their descendants. 16
689	689	(2) M
690	690	ATTERS TO BE INVESTIGATED .—The mat-17
691	691	ters to be investigated by the Commission under 18
692	692	paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum— 19
693	693	(A) conducting a comprehensive review of 20
694	694	existing research and historical records of In-21
695	695	dian Boarding School Policies and any docu-22
696	696	mentation, scholarship, or other resources rel-23
697	697	evant to the purposes of this Act from— 24
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700	700	•S 761 IS
701	701	(i) any archive or any other document 1
702	702	storage location, notwithstanding the loca-2
703	703	tion of that archive or document storage 3
704	704	location; and 4
705	705	(ii) any research conducted by private 5
706	706	individuals, private entities, and non-Fed-6
707	707	eral Government entities, whether domestic 7
708	708	or foreign, including religious institutions; 8
709	709	(B) collaborating with the Federal and Re-9
710	710	ligious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee 10
711	711	to obtain all relevant information from— 11
712	712	(i) the Department of the Interior, the 12
713	713	Department of Health and Human Serv-13
714	714	ices, other relevant Federal agencies, and 14
715	715	institutions or organizations, including reli-15
716	716	gious institutions or organizations, that op-16
717	717	erated an Indian Boarding School, carried 17
718	718	out Indian Boarding School Policies, or 18
719	719	have information that the Commission de-19
720	720	termines to be relevant to the investigation 20
721	721	of the Commission; and 21
722	722	(ii) Indian Tribes, Tribal organiza-22
723	723	tions, Native Americans, the Office of Ha-23
724	724	waiian Affairs, and Native Hawaiian orga-24
725	725	nizations; and 25
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729	729	(C) conducting a comprehensive assess-1
730	730	ment of the impacts of Indian Boarding School 2
731	731	Policies on Native American students and alum-3
732	732	ni, including the impact on cultures, traditions, 4
733	733	and languages. 5
734	734	(3) R
735	735	ESEARCH RELATED TO OBJECTS , ARTI-6
736	736	FACTS, AND REAL PROPERTY .—If the Commission 7
737	737	conducts a comprehensive review of research de-8
738	738	scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) that focuses on ob-9
739	739	jects, artifacts, or real or personal property that are 10
740	740	in the possession or control of private individuals, 11
741	741	private entities, or non-Federal Government entities 12
742	742	within the United States, the Commission may enter 13
743	743	into a contract or agreement to acquire, hold, cu-14
744	744	rate, or maintain those objects, artifacts, or real or 15
745	745	personal property until the objects, artifacts, or real 16
746	746	or personal property can be properly repatriated or 17
747	747	returned, consistent with applicable Federal law, 18
748	748	subject to the condition that no Federal funds may 19
749	749	be used to purchase those objects, artifacts, or real 20
750	750	or personal property. 21
751	751	(b) M
752	752	EETINGS ANDCONVENINGS.— 22
753	753	(1) I
754	754	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall hold, 23
755	755	with the advice of the Native American Truth and 24
756	756	Healing Advisory Committee and the Survivors 25
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759	759	•S 761 IS
760	760	Truth and Healing Subcommittee, and in coordina-1
761	761	tion with, as relevant, Indian Tribes, Tribal organi-2
762	762	zations, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Native 3
763	763	Hawaiian organizations, as part of its investigation 4
764	764	under subsection (a), safe, trauma-informed, and 5
765	765	culturally appropriate public or private meetings or 6
766	766	convenings to receive testimony relating to that in-7
767	767	vestigation. 8
768	768	(2) R
769	769	EQUIREMENTS.—The Commission shall 9
770	770	ensure that meetings and convenings held under 10
771	771	paragraph (1) provide access to adequate trauma-in-11
772	772	formed care services for participants, attendees, and 12
773	773	communities during and following the meetings and 13
774	774	convenings where the Commission receives testi-14
775	775	mony, including ensuring that private space is avail-15
776	776	able for survivors and descendants of survivors, fam-16
777	777	ily members, and other community members to re-17
778	778	ceive trauma-informed care services. 18
779	779	(c) R
780	780	ECOMMENDATIONS .— 19
781	781	(1) I
782	782	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall make 20
783	783	recommendations to Congress relating to the inves-21
784	784	tigation carried out under subsection (a), which shall 22
785	785	be included in the final report required under sub-23
786	786	section (e)(3). 24
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790	790	(2) INCLUSIONS.—Recommendations made 1
791	791	under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, 2
792	792	recommendations relating to— 3
793	793	(A) in light of Tribal and Native Hawaiian 4
794	794	law, Tribal customary law, tradition, custom, 5
795	795	and practice, how the Federal Government can 6
796	796	meaningfully acknowledge the role of the Fed-7
797	797	eral Government in supporting Indian Boarding 8
798	798	School Policies in all issue areas that the Com-9
799	799	mission determines relevant, including appro-10
800	800	priate forms of memorialization, preservation of 11
801	801	records, objects, artifacts, and burials; 12
802	802	(B) how modification of existing statutes, 13
803	803	procedures, regulations, policies, budgets, and 14
804	804	practices will, in the determination of the Com-15
805	805	mission, address the findings of the Commission 16
806	806	and ongoing effects of Indian Boarding School 17
807	807	Policies; 18
808	808	(C) how the Federal Government can pro-19
809	809	mote public awareness of, and education about, 20
810	810	Indian Boarding School Policies and the im-21
811	811	pacts of those policies, including through co-22
812	812	ordinating with the Native American Truth and 23
813	813	Healing Advisory Committee, the Survivors 24
814	814	Truth and Healing Subcommittee, the Smithso-25
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818	818	nian Institution, and other relevant institutions 1
819	819	and organizations; and 2
820	820	(D) the views of religious institutions. 3
821	821	(d) D
822	822	UTIESRELATED TOBURIALS.—The Commis-4
823	823	sion shall, with respect to burial sites associated with In-5
824	824	dian Boarding Schools— 6
825	825	(1) coordinate, as appropriate, with the Native 7
826	826	American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee, 8
827	827	the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advi-9
828	828	sory Committee, the Survivors Truth and Healing 10
829	829	Subcommittee, lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, the 11
830	830	Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Federal agencies, institu-12
831	831	tions, and organizations to locate and identify, in a 13
832	832	culturally appropriate manner, marked and un-14
833	833	marked burial sites, including cemeteries, unmarked 15
834	834	graves, and mass burial sites, where students of In-16
835	835	dian Boarding Schools were originally or later in-17
836	836	terred; 18
837	837	(2) locate, document, analyze, and coordinate 19
838	838	the preservation or continued preservation of records 20
839	839	and information relating to the interment of stu-21
840	840	dents, including any records held by Federal, State, 22
841	841	international, or local entities or religious institu-23
842	842	tions or organizations; and 24
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846	846	(3) share, to the extent practicable, with af-1
847	847	fected lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and the Of-2
848	848	fice of Hawaiian Affairs burial locations and the 3
849	849	identities of children who attended Indian Boarding 4
850	850	Schools. 5
851	851	(e) R
852	852	EPORTS.— 6
853	853	(1) A
854	854	NNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not less 7
855	855	frequently than annually until the year before the 8
856	856	year in which the Commission terminates, the Com-9
857	857	mission shall submit to the Committee on Indian Af-10
858	858	fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 11
859	859	Resources of the House of Representatives a report 12
860	860	that describes the activities of the Commission dur-13
861	861	ing the previous year, including an accounting of 14
862	862	funds and gifts received and expenditures made, the 15
863	863	progress made, and any barriers encountered in car-16
864	864	rying out this Act. 17
865	865	(2) C
866	866	OMMISSION INITIAL REPORT .—Not later 18
867	867	than 4 years after the date on which a majority of 19
868	868	the members of the Commission are appointed under 20
869	869	section 101(b)(1), the Commission shall submit to 21
870	870	the individuals described in paragraph (4), and 22
871	871	make publicly available, an initial report con-23
872	872	taining— 24
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876	876	(A) a detailed review of existing research, 1
877	877	including documentation, scholarship, or other 2
878	878	resources shared with the Commission that fur-3
879	879	ther the purposes of this Act; 4
880	880	(B) a detailed statement of the initial find-5
881	881	ings and conclusions of the Commission; and 6
882	882	(C) a detailed statement of the initial rec-7
883	883	ommendations of the Commission. 8
884	884	(3) C
885	885	OMMISSION FINAL REPORT .—Before the 9
886	886	termination of the Commission, the Commission 10
887	887	shall submit to the individuals described in para-11
888	888	graph (4), and make publicly available, a final report 12
889	889	containing the findings, conclusions, and rec-13
890	890	ommendations of the Commission that have been 14
891	891	agreed on by the vote of a majority of the members 15
892	892	of the Commission and
893	893	3
894	894	⁄5of the members of each 16
895	895	of the Native American Truth and Healing Advisory 17
896	896	Committee and the Survivors Truth and Healing 18
897	897	Subcommittee. 19
898	898	(4) R
899	899	EPORT RECIPIENTS.—The individuals re-20
900	900	ferred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) are— 21
901	901	(A) the President; 22
902	902	(B) the Secretary of the Interior; 23
903	903	(C) the Attorney General; 24
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907	907	(D) the Comptroller General of the United 1
908	908	States; 2
909	909	(E) the Secretary of Education; 3
910	910	(F) the Secretary of Health and Human 4
911	911	Services; 5
912	912	(G) the Secretary of Defense; 6
913	913	(H) the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson 7
914	914	of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Sen-8
915	915	ate; 9
916	916	(I) the Chairperson and ranking minority 10
917	917	member of the Committee on Natural Re-11
918	918	sources of the House of Representatives; 12
919	919	(J) the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Na-13
920	920	tive American Caucus; 14
921	921	(K) the Executive Director of the White 15
922	922	House Council on Native American Affairs; 16
923	923	(L) the Director of the Office of Manage-17
924	924	ment and Budget; 18
925	925	(M) the Archivist of the United States; 19
926	926	(N) the Librarian of Congress; and 20
927	927	(O) the Director of the National Museum 21
928	928	of the American Indian. 22
929	929	(5) A
930	930	DDITIONAL COMMISSION RESPONSIBIL -23
931	931	ITIES RELATING TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE INI -24
932	932	TIAL AND FINAL REPORTS .— 25
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936	936	(A) EVENTS RELATING TO INITIAL RE -1
937	937	PORT.— 2
938	938	(i) I
939	939	N GENERAL.—The Commission 3
940	940	shall hold not fewer than 2 events in each 4
941	941	region of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 5
942	942	in Hawai‘i following publication of the ini-6
943	943	tial report under paragraph (2) to receive 7
944	944	comments on the initial report. 8
945	945	(ii) T
946	946	IMING.—The schedule of events 9
947	947	referred to in clause (i) shall be announced 10
948	948	not later than 90 days after the date on 11
949	949	which the initial report under paragraph 12
950	950	(2) is published. 13
951	951	(B) P
952	952	UBLICATION OF FINAL REPORT .— 14
953	953	Not later than 180 days after the date on which 15
954	954	the Commission submits the final report under 16
955	955	paragraph (3), the Commission, the Secretary 17
956	956	of the Interior, the Secretary of Education, the 18
957	957	Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 19
958	958	Health and Human Services shall each make 20
959	959	the final report publicly available on the website 21
960	960	of the applicable agency. 22
961	961	(6) S
962	962	ECRETARIAL RESPONSE TO FINAL RE -23
963	963	PORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date on 24
964	964	which the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 25
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968	968	Education, the Secretary of Defense, and the Sec-1
969	969	retary of Health and Human Services receive the 2
970	970	final report under paragraph (3), the Secretaries 3
971	971	shall each make publicly available a written response 4
972	972	to recommendations for future action by those agen-5
973	973	cies, if any, contained in the final report, and submit 6
974	974	the written response to— 7
975	975	(A) the President; 8
976	976	(B) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 9
977	977	Senate; 10
978	978	(C) the Committee on Natural Resources 11
979	979	of the House of Representatives; and 12
980	980	(D) the Comptroller General of the United 13
981	981	States. 14
982	982	Subtitle C—Survivors Truth and 15
983	983	Healing Subcommittee 16
984	984	SEC. 121. SURVIVORS TRUTH AND HEALING SUB-17
985	985	COMMITTEE. 18
986	986	(a) E
987	987	STABLISHMENT.—There is established a sub-19
988	988	committee of the Commission, to be known as the ‘‘Sur-20
989	989	vivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee’’. 21
990	990	(b) M
991	991	EMBERSHIP, NOMINATION, ANDAPPOINTMENT 22
992	992	TO THE SURVIVORSTRUTH AND HEALINGSUB-23
993	993	COMMITTEE.— 24
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997	997	(1) MEMBERSHIP.—The Survivors Truth and 1
998	998	Healing Subcommittee shall include 15 members, to 2
999	999	be appointed by the Commission, in consultation 3
1000	1000	with the National Native American Boarding School 4
1001	1001	Healing Coalition, from among the nominees sub-5
1002	1002	mitted under paragraph (2)(A), of whom— 6
1003	1003	(A) 12 shall be representatives from each 7
1004	1004	of the 12 regions of the Bureau of Indian Af-8
1005	1005	fairs and 1 shall be a representative from 9
1006	1006	Hawai‘i; 10
1007	1007	(B) 9 shall be individuals who attended an 11
1008	1008	Indian Boarding School of whom— 12
1009	1009	(i) not fewer than 2 shall be individ-13
1010	1010	uals who graduated during the 5-year pe-14
1011	1011	riod preceding the date of the enactment of 15
1012	1012	this Act from— 16
1013	1013	(I) an Indian Boarding School in 17
1014	1014	operation as of that date of the enact-18
1015	1015	ment; or 19
1016	1016	(II) a Bureau of Indian Edu-20
1017	1017	cation-funded school; and 21
1018	1018	(ii) all shall represent diverse regions 22
1019	1019	of the United States; 23
1020	1020	(C) 5 shall be descendants of individuals 24
1021	1021	who attended Indian Boarding Schools, who 25
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1025	1025	shall represent diverse regions of the United 1
1026	1026	States; and 2
1027	1027	(D) 1 shall be an educator who, as of the 3
1028	1028	date of the appointment— 4
1029	1029	(i) is employed at an Indian Boarding 5
1030	1030	School; or 6
1031	1031	(ii) was employed at an Indian Board-7
1032	1032	ing School during the 5-year period pre-8
1033	1033	ceding the date of the enactment of this 9
1034	1034	Act. 10
1035	1035	(2) N
1036	1036	OMINATIONS.— 11
1037	1037	(A) I
1038	1038	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 12
1039	1039	after the date of the enactment of this Act, In-13
1040	1040	dian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Amer-14
1041	1041	icans, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Na-15
1042	1042	tive Hawaiian organizations may submit to the 16
1043	1043	Secretary of the Interior nominations for indi-17
1044	1044	viduals to be appointed as members of the Sur-18
1045	1045	vivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee. 19
1046	1046	(B) S
1047	1047	UBMISSION.—The Secretary of the 20
1048	1048	Interior shall provide the Commission with 21
1049	1049	nominations submitted under subparagraph (A) 22
1050	1050	at the initial business meeting of the Commis-23
1051	1051	sion under section 101(c)(1) and the Commis-24
1052	1052	sion shall select the members of the Survivors 25
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1056	1056	Truth and Healing Subcommittee from among 1
1057	1057	those nominees. 2
1058	1058	(3) D
1059	1059	ATE.— 3
1060	1060	(A) I
1061	1061	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall 4
1062	1062	appoint all members of the Survivors Truth and 5
1063	1063	Healing Subcommittee during the initial busi-6
1064	1064	ness meeting of the Commission under section 7
1065	1065	101(c)(1). 8
1066	1066	(B) F
1067	1067	AILURE TO APPOINT .—If the Com-9
1068	1068	mission fails to appoint all members of the Sur-10
1069	1069	vivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee in ac-11
1070	1070	cordance with subparagraph (A), the Chair of 12
1071	1071	the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, 13
1072	1072	with the concurrence of the Vice Chair of the 14
1073	1073	Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, 15
1074	1074	shall appoint individuals, in accordance with the 16
1075	1075	requirements of paragraph (1), to all vacant po-17
1076	1076	sitions of the Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-18
1077	1077	committee not later than 30 days after the date 19
1078	1078	of the initial business meeting of the Commis-20
1079	1079	sion under section 101(c)(1). 21
1080	1080	(4) P
1081	1081	ERIOD OF APPOINTMENT ; VACANCIES; RE-22
1082	1082	MOVAL.— 23
1083	1083	(A) P
1084	1084	ERIOD OF APPOINTMENT .—A mem-24
1085	1085	ber of the Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-25
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1089	1089	committee shall be appointed for an automati-1
1090	1090	cally renewable term of 2 years. 2
1091	1091	(B) V
1092	1092	ACANCIES.— 3
1093	1093	(i) I
1094	1094	N GENERAL.—A member of the 4
1095	1095	Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-5
1096	1096	committee may vacate the position at any 6
1097	1097	time and for any reason. 7
1098	1098	(ii) E
1099	1099	FFECT; FILLING OF VACANCY.— 8
1100	1100	A vacancy in the Survivors Truth and 9
1101	1101	Healing Subcommittee— 10
1102	1102	(I) shall not affect the powers of 11
1103	1103	the Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-12
1104	1104	committee if a simple majority of the 13
1105	1105	positions of the Survivors Truth and 14
1106	1106	Healing Subcommittee are filled; and 15
1107	1107	(II) shall be filled within 90 days 16
1108	1108	in the same manner as was the origi-17
1109	1109	nal appointment. 18
1110	1110	(C) R
1111	1111	EMOVAL.—A quorum of members of 19
1112	1112	the Commission may remove a member of the 20
1113	1113	Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee 21
1114	1114	only for neglect of duty or malfeasance. 22
1115	1115	(5) T
1116	1116	ERMINATION.—The Survivors Truth and 23
1117	1117	Healing Subcommittee shall terminate 90 days after 24
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1121	1121	the date on which the Commission submits the final 1
1122	1122	report required under section 111(e)(3). 2
1123	1123	(6) L
1124	1124	IMITATION.—No member of the Survivors 3
1125	1125	Truth and Healing Subcommittee may otherwise be 4
1126	1126	an officer or employee of the Federal Government. 5
1127	1127	(c) B
1128	1128	USINESSMEETINGS.— 6
1129	1129	(1) I
1130	1130	NITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days 7
1131	1131	after the date on which all members of the Survivors 8
1132	1132	Truth and Healing Subcommittee are appointed 9
1133	1133	under subsection (b)(1), the Survivors Truth and 10
1134	1134	Healing Subcommittee shall hold an initial business 11
1135	1135	meeting— 12
1136	1136	(A) to appoint— 13
1137	1137	(i) a Chairperson, who shall also serve 14
1138	1138	as the Vice Chairperson of the Federal and 15
1139	1139	Religious Truth and Healing Advisory 16
1140	1140	Committee; 17
1141	1141	(ii) a Vice Chairperson, who shall also 18
1142	1142	serve as the Vice Chairperson of the Na-19
1143	1143	tive American Truth and Healing Advisory 20
1144	1144	Committee; and 21
1145	1145	(iii) other positions, as determined 22
1146	1146	necessary by the Survivors Truth and 23
1147	1147	Healing Subcommittee; 24
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1151	1151	(B) to establish, with the advice of the 1
1152	1152	Commission, rules for the Survivors Truth and 2
1153	1153	Healing Subcommittee; 3
1154	1154	(C) to appoint 3 designees to fulfill the re-4
1155	1155	sponsibilities described in section 101(h)(1)(A); 5
1156	1156	and 6
1157	1157	(D) to appoint, with the advice of the 7
1158	1158	Commission, 2 members of the Survivors Truth 8
1159	1159	and Healing Subcommittee to serve as non-vot-9
1160	1160	ing designees on the Commission in accordance 10
1161	1161	with section 101(c)(3). 11
1162	1162	(2) S
1163	1163	UBSEQUENT BUSINESS MEETINGS .—After 12
1164	1164	the initial business meeting of the Survivors Truth 13
1165	1165	and Healing Subcommittee is held under paragraph 14
1166	1166	(1), the Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee 15
1167	1167	shall meet at the call of the Chairperson. 16
1168	1168	(3) F
1169	1169	ORMAT OF BUSINESS MEETINGS .—A busi-17
1170	1170	ness meeting of the Survivors Truth and Healing 18
1171	1171	Subcommittee may be conducted in-person or vir-19
1172	1172	tually. 20
1173	1173	(4) Q
1174	1174	UORUM REQUIRED .—A business meeting 21
1175	1175	of the Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee 22
1176	1176	may be held only after a quorum, established in ac-23
1177	1177	cordance with subsection (d), is present. 24
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1181	1181	(d) QUORUM.—A simple majority of the members of 1
1182	1182	the Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee shall con-2
1183	1183	stitute a quorum for a business meeting. 3
1184	1184	(e) R
1185	1185	ULES.—The Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-4
1186	1186	committee, with the advice of the Commission, may estab-5
1187	1187	lish, by a majority vote, any rules for the conduct of busi-6
1188	1188	ness, in accordance with this section and other applicable 7
1189	1189	law. 8
1190	1190	(f) D
1191	1191	UTIES.—The Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-9
1192	1192	committee shall— 10
1193	1193	(1) assist the Commission, the Native American 11
1194	1194	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee, and the 12
1195	1195	Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory 13
1196	1196	Committee in coordinating public and private 14
1197	1197	convenings, including providing advice to the Com-15
1198	1198	mission on developing criteria and protocols for 16
1199	1199	convenings; 17
1200	1200	(2) provide advice and evaluate Committee rec-18
1201	1201	ommendations relating to the commemoration and 19
1202	1202	public education relating to Indian Boarding Schools 20
1203	1203	and Indian Boarding School Policies; 21
1204	1204	(3) assist the Commission— 22
1205	1205	(A) in the production of the initial and 23
1206	1206	final reports required under paragraphs (2) and 24
1207	1207	(3), respectively, of section 111(e); and 25
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1211	1211	(B) by providing such other advice, or ful-1
1212	1212	filling such other requests, as may be required 2
1213	1213	by the Commission; and 3
1214	1214	(4) coordinate with the Commission, the Native 4
1215	1215	American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee, 5
1216	1216	and the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing 6
1217	1217	Advisory Committee. 7
1218	1218	(g) C
1219	1219	ONSULTATION OR ENGAGEMENTWITHNATIVE 8
1220	1220	A
1221	1221	MERICANS, INDIANTRIBES, TRIBALORGANIZATIONS, 9
1222	1222	THEOFFICE OFHAWAIIANAFFAIRS, ANDNATIVEHA-10
1223	1223	WAIIANORGANIZATIONS.—In carrying out the duties of 11
1224	1224	the Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee under 12
1225	1225	subsection (f), the Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-13
1226	1226	committee shall meaningfully consult or engage, as appro-14
1227	1227	priate, in a timely manner with Native Americans, Indian 15
1228	1228	Tribes, Tribal organizations, the Office of Hawaiian Af-16
1229	1229	fairs, and Native Hawaiian organizations. 17
1230	1230	(h) F
1231	1231	EDERALADVISORYCOMMITTEEACTAPPLICA-18
1232	1232	BILITY.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (com-19
1233	1233	monly known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’), 20
1234	1234	shall not apply to the Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-21
1235	1235	committee. 22
1236	1236	(i) C
1237	1237	ONGRESSIONALACCOUNTABILITYACTAPPLICA-23
1238	1238	BILITY.—For purposes of the Congressional Account-24
1239	1239	ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), any individual 25
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1243	1243	who is a member of the Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-1
1244	1244	committee shall be considered a covered employee under 2
1245	1245	the Act. 3
1246	1246	(j) P
1247	1247	ERSONNELMATTERS.— 4
1248	1248	(1) C
1249	1249	OMPENSATION OF MEMBERS .—A member 5
1250	1250	of the Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee 6
1251	1251	shall be compensated at a daily equivalent of the an-7
1252	1252	nual rate of basic pay prescribed for grade 7, step 8
1253	1253	1, of the General Schedule under section 5332 of 9
1254	1254	title 5, United States Code, for each day, not to ex-10
1255	1255	ceed 10 days per month, for which a member of the 11
1256	1256	Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee is en-12
1257	1257	gaged in the performance of their duties under this 13
1258	1258	Act limited to convening meetings, including public 14
1259	1259	and private meetings to receive testimony in further-15
1260	1260	ance of the duties of the Survivors Truth and Heal-16
1261	1261	ing Subcommittee and the purposes of this Act. 17
1262	1262	(2) T
1263	1263	RAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the Sur-18
1264	1264	vivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee shall be al-19
1265	1265	lowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 20
1266	1266	subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of 21
1267	1267	agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 22
1268	1268	United States Code, while away from their homes or 23
1269	1269	regular places of business in the performance of 24
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1273	1273	services for the Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-1
1274	1274	committee. 2
1275	1275	TITLE II—ADVISORY 3
1276	1276	COMMITTEES 4
1277	1277	Subtitle A—Native American Truth 5
1278	1278	and Healing Advisory Committee 6
1279	1279	SEC. 201. NATIVE AMERICAN TRUTH AND HEALING ADVI-7
1280	1280	SORY COMMITTEE. 8
1281	1281	(a) E
1282	1282	STABLISHMENT.—The Commission shall estab-9
1283	1283	lish an advisory committee, to be known as the ‘‘Native 10
1284	1284	American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee’’. 11
1285	1285	(b) M
1286	1286	EMBERSHIP, NOMINATION, ANDAPPOINTMENT 12
1287	1287	TO THENATIVEAMERICANTRUTH ANDHEALINGADVI-13
1288	1288	SORYCOMMITTEE.— 14
1289	1289	(1) M
1290	1290	EMBERSHIP.— 15
1291	1291	(A) I
1292	1292	N GENERAL.—The Native American 16
1293	1293	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall 17
1294	1294	include 19 members, to be appointed by the 18
1295	1295	Commission from among the nominees sub-19
1296	1296	mitted under paragraph (2)(A), of whom— 20
1297	1297	(i) 1 shall be the Vice Chairperson of 21
1298	1298	the Commission, who shall serve as the 22
1299	1299	Chairperson of the Native American Truth 23
1300	1300	and Healing Advisory Committee; 24
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1304	1304	(ii) 1 shall be the Vice Chairperson of 1
1305	1305	the Survivors Truth and Healing Sub-2
1306	1306	committee, who shall serve as the Vice 3
1307	1307	Chairperson of the Native American Truth 4
1308	1308	and Healing Advisory Committee; 5
1309	1309	(iii) 1 shall be the Secretary of the In-6
1310	1310	terior, or a designee, who shall serve as the 7
1311	1311	Secretary of the Native American Truth 8
1312	1312	and Healing Advisory Committee; 9
1313	1313	(iv) 12 shall be representatives from 10
1314	1314	each of the 12 regions of the Bureau of In-11
1315	1315	dian Affairs and 1 shall be a representative 12
1316	1316	from Hawai‘i; 13
1317	1317	(v) 1 shall represent the National Na-14
1318	1318	tive American Boarding School Healing 15
1319	1319	Coalition; 16
1320	1320	(vi) 1 shall represent the National As-17
1321	1321	sociation of Tribal Historic Preservation 18
1322	1322	Officers; and 19
1323	1323	(vii) 1 shall represent the National In-20
1324	1324	dian Education Association. 21
1325	1325	(B) A
1326	1326	DDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS .—Not 22
1327	1327	fewer than 2 members of the Native American 23
1328	1328	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall 24
1329	1329	have experience with health care or mental 25
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1333	1333	health, traditional healing or cultural practices, 1
1334	1334	counseling, or working with survivors, or de-2
1335	1335	scendants of survivors, of Indian Boarding 3
1336	1336	Schools to ensure that the Commission con-4
1337	1337	siders culturally responsive support for sur-5
1338	1338	vivors, families, and communities. 6
1339	1339	(2) N
1340	1340	OMINATIONS.— 7
1341	1341	(A) I
1342	1342	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 8
1343	1343	after the date of the enactment of this Act, In-9
1344	1344	dian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Amer-10
1345	1345	icans, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Na-11
1346	1346	tive Hawaiian organizations may submit to the 12
1347	1347	Secretary of the Interior nominations for indi-13
1348	1348	viduals to be appointed as members of the Na-14
1349	1349	tive American Truth and Healing Advisory 15
1350	1350	Committee. 16
1351	1351	(B) S
1352	1352	UBMISSION.—The Secretary of the 17
1353	1353	Interior shall provide the Commission with 18
1354	1354	nominations submitted under subparagraph (A) 19
1355	1355	at the initial business meeting of the Commis-20
1356	1356	sion under section 101(c)(1) and the Commis-21
1357	1357	sion shall select the members of the Native 22
1358	1358	American Truth and Healing Advisory Com-23
1359	1359	mittee from among those nominees. 24
1360	1360	(3) D
1361	1361	ATE.— 25
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1365	1365	(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 1
1366	1366	appoint all members of the Native American 2
1367	1367	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee during 3
1368	1368	the initial business meeting of the Commission 4
1369	1369	under section 101(c)(1). 5
1370	1370	(B) F
1371	1371	AILURE TO APPOINT .—If the Com-6
1372	1372	mission fails to appoint all members of the Na-7
1373	1373	tive American Truth and Healing Advisory 8
1374	1374	Committee in accordance with subparagraph 9
1375	1375	(A), the Chair of the Committee on Indian Af-10
1376	1376	fairs of the Senate, with the concurrence of the 11
1377	1377	Vice Chair of the Committee on Indian Affairs 12
1378	1378	of the Senate, shall appoint, in accordance with 13
1379	1379	the requirements of paragraph (1), individuals 14
1380	1380	to all vacant positions of the Native American 15
1381	1381	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee not 16
1382	1382	later than 30 days after the date of the initial 17
1383	1383	business meeting of the Commission under sec-18
1384	1384	tion 101(c)(1). 19
1385	1385	(4) P
1386	1386	ERIOD OF APPOINTMENT ; VACANCIES.— 20
1387	1387	(A) P
1388	1388	ERIOD OF APPOINTMENT .—A mem-21
1389	1389	ber of the Native American Truth and Healing 22
1390	1390	Advisory Committee shall be appointed for an 23
1391	1391	automatically renewable term of 2 years. 24
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1395	1395	(B) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Native 1
1396	1396	American Truth and Healing Advisory Com-2
1397	1397	mittee— 3
1398	1398	(i) shall not affect the powers of the 4
1399	1399	Native American Truth and Healing Advi-5
1400	1400	sory Committee if a simple majority of the 6
1401	1401	positions of the Native American Truth 7
1402	1402	and Healing Advisory Committee are filled; 8
1403	1403	and 9
1404	1404	(ii) shall be filled within 90 days in 10
1405	1405	the same manner as was the original ap-11
1406	1406	pointment. 12
1407	1407	(5) T
1408	1408	ERMINATION.—The Native American 13
1409	1409	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall termi-14
1410	1410	nate 90 days after the date on which the Commis-15
1411	1411	sion submits the final report required under section 16
1412	1412	111(e)(3). 17
1413	1413	(6) L
1414	1414	IMITATION.—No member of the Native 18
1415	1415	American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee 19
1416	1416	(other than the member described in paragraph 20
1417	1417	(1)(A)(iii)) may otherwise be an officer or employee 21
1418	1418	of the Federal Government. 22
1419	1419	(c) Q
1420	1420	UORUM.—A simple majority of the members of 23
1421	1421	the Native American Truth and Healing Advisory Com-24
1422	1422	mittee shall constitute a quorum. 25
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1426	1426	(d) REMOVAL.—A quorum of members of the Native 1
1427	1427	American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee may re-2
1428	1428	move another member only for neglect of duty or malfea-3
1429	1429	sance. 4
1430	1430	(e) B
1431	1431	USINESSMEETINGS.— 5
1432	1432	(1) I
1433	1433	NITIAL BUSINESS MEETING .—Not later 6
1434	1434	than 30 days after the date on which all members 7
1435	1435	of the Native American Truth and Healing Advisory 8
1436	1436	Committee are appointed under subsection 9
1437	1437	(b)(1)(A), the Native American Truth and Healing 10
1438	1438	Advisory Committee shall hold an initial business 11
1439	1439	meeting— 12
1440	1440	(A) to establish rules for the Native Amer-13
1441	1441	ican Truth and Healing Advisory Committee; 14
1442	1442	(B) to appoint 3 designees to fulfill the re-15
1443	1443	sponsibilities described in section 101(h)(1)(A); 16
1444	1444	and 17
1445	1445	(C) to appoint 2 members of the Native 18
1446	1446	American Truth and Healing Advisory Com-19
1447	1447	mittee to serve as non-voting designees on the 20
1448	1448	Commission in accordance with section 21
1449	1449	101(c)(3). 22
1450	1450	(2) S
1451	1451	UBSEQUENT BUSINESS MEETINGS .—After 23
1452	1452	the initial business meeting of the Native American 24
1453	1453	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee is held 25
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1457	1457	under paragraph (1), the Native American Truth 1
1458	1458	and Healing Advisory Committee shall meet at the 2
1459	1459	call of the Chairperson. 3
1460	1460	(3) F
1461	1461	ORMAT OF BUSINESS MEETINGS .—A meet-4
1462	1462	ing of the Native American Truth and Healing Advi-5
1463	1463	sory Committee may be conducted in-person or vir-6
1464	1464	tually. 7
1465	1465	(4) Q
1466	1466	UORUM REQUIRED .—A business meeting 8
1467	1467	of the Native American Truth and Healing Advisory 9
1468	1468	Committee may be held only after a quorum, estab-10
1469	1469	lished in accordance with subsection (c), is present. 11
1470	1470	(f) R
1471	1471	ULES.—The Native American Truth and Heal-12
1472	1472	ing Advisory Committee may establish, with the advice of 13
1473	1473	the Commission, by a majority vote, any rules for the con-14
1474	1474	duct of business, in accordance with this section and other 15
1475	1475	applicable law. 16
1476	1476	(g) D
1477	1477	UTIES.—The Native American Truth and Heal-17
1478	1478	ing Advisory Committee shall— 18
1479	1479	(1) serve as an advisory body to the Commis-19
1480	1480	sion; 20
1481	1481	(2) assist the Commission in organizing and 21
1482	1482	carrying out culturally appropriate public and pri-22
1483	1483	vate convenings relating to the duties of the Com-23
1484	1484	mission; 24
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1488	1488	(3) assist the Commission in determining what 1
1489	1489	documentation from Federal and religious organiza-2
1490	1490	tions and institutions may be necessary to fulfill the 3
1491	1491	duties of the Commission; 4
1492	1492	(4) assist the Commission in the production of 5
1493	1493	the initial report and final report required under 6
1494	1494	paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, of section 7
1495	1495	111(e); 8
1496	1496	(5) coordinate with the Commission, the Fed-9
1497	1497	eral and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory 10
1498	1498	Committee, and the Survivors Truth and Healing 11
1499	1499	Subcommittee; and 12
1500	1500	(6) provide advice to, or fulfill such other re-13
1501	1501	quests by, the Commission as the Commission may 14
1502	1502	require to carry out the purposes described in sec-15
1503	1503	tion 2. 16
1504	1504	(h) C
1505	1505	ONSULTATION OR ENGAGEMENTWITHNATIVE 17
1506	1506	A
1507	1507	MERICANS, INDIANTRIBES, TRIBALORGANIZATIONS, 18
1508	1508	THEOFFICE OFHAWAIIANAFFAIRS, ANDNATIVEHA-19
1509	1509	WAIIANORGANIZATIONS.—In carrying out the duties of 20
1510	1510	the Native American Truth and Healing Advisory Com-21
1511	1511	mittee under subsection (g), the Native American Truth 22
1512	1512	and Healing Advisory Committee shall meaningfully con-23
1513	1513	sult or engage, as appropriate, in a timely manner with 24
1514	1514	Native Americans, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, 25
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1518	1518	the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Native Hawaiian orga-1
1519	1519	nizations. 2
1520	1520	(i) F
1521	1521	EDERALADVISORYCOMMITTEEACTAPPLICA-3
1522	1522	BILITY.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (com-4
1523	1523	monly known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’), 5
1524	1524	shall not apply to the Native American Truth and Healing 6
1525	1525	Advisory Committee. 7
1526	1526	(j) C
1527	1527	ONGRESSIONALACCOUNTABILITYACTAPPLICA-8
1528	1528	BILITY.—For purposes of the Congressional Account-9
1529	1529	ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), any individual 10
1530	1530	who is a member of the Native American Truth and Heal-11
1531	1531	ing Advisory Committee shall be considered a covered em-12
1532	1532	ployee under the Act. 13
1533	1533	(k) P
1534	1534	ERSONNELMATTERS.— 14
1535	1535	(1) C
1536	1536	OMPENSATION OF MEMBERS .—A member 15
1537	1537	of the Native American Truth and Healing Advisory 16
1538	1538	Committee shall be compensated at a daily equiva-17
1539	1539	lent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for 18
1540	1540	grade 7, step 1, of the General Schedule under sec-19
1541	1541	tion 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each 20
1542	1542	day, not to exceed 14 days per month, for which a 21
1543	1543	member is engaged in the performance of their du-22
1544	1544	ties under this Act, limited to convening meetings, 23
1545	1545	including public and private meetings to receive tes-24
1546	1546	timony in furtherance of the duties of the Native 25
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1550	1550	American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee 1
1551	1551	and the purposes of this Act. 2
1552	1552	(2) T
1553	1553	RAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the Na-3
1554	1554	tive American Truth and Healing Advisory Com-4
1555	1555	mittee shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 5
1556	1556	diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for 6
1557	1557	employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 7
1558	1558	57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from 8
1559	1559	their homes or regular places of business in the per-9
1560	1560	formance of services for the Native American Truth 10
1561	1561	and Healing Advisory Committee. 11
1562	1562	Subtitle B—Federal and Religious 12
1563	1563	Truth and Healing Advisory 13
1564	1564	Committee 14
1565	1565	SEC. 211. FEDERAL AND RELIGIOUS TRUTH AND HEALING 15
1566	1566	ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 16
1567	1567	(a) E
1568	1568	STABLISHMENT.—There is established within 17
1569	1569	the Department of the Interior an advisory committee, to 18
1570	1570	be known as the ‘‘Federal and Religious Truth and Heal-19
1571	1571	ing Advisory Committee’’. 20
1572	1572	(b) M
1573	1573	EMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENT TO THE FED-21
1574	1574	ERAL ANDRELIGIOUSTRUTH ANDHEALINGADVISORY 22
1575	1575	C
1576	1576	OMMITTEE.— 23
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1580	1580	(1) MEMBERSHIP.—The Federal and Religious 1
1581	1581	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall include 2
1582	1582	20 members, of whom— 3
1583	1583	(A) 1 shall be the Chairperson of the Com-4
1584	1584	mission, who shall serve as the Chairperson of 5
1585	1585	the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing 6
1586	1586	Advisory Committee; 7
1587	1587	(B) 1 shall be the Chairperson of the Sur-8
1588	1588	vivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee, who 9
1589	1589	shall serve as the Vice Chairperson of the Fed-10
1590	1590	eral and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory 11
1591	1591	Committee; 12
1592	1592	(C) 1 shall be the White House Domestic 13
1593	1593	Policy Advisor, who shall serve as the Secretary 14
1594	1594	of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing 15
1595	1595	Advisory Committee; 16
1596	1596	(D) 1 shall be the Director of the Bureau 17
1597	1597	of Trust Funds Administration (or a designee); 18
1598	1598	(E) 1 shall be the Archivist of the United 19
1599	1599	States (or a designee); 20
1600	1600	(F) 1 shall be the Librarian of Congress 21
1601	1601	(or a designee); 22
1602	1602	(G) 1 shall be the Director of the Depart-23
1603	1603	ment of the Interior Library (or a designee); 24
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1607	1607	(H) 1 shall be the Director of the Indian 1
1608	1608	Health Service (or a designee); 2
1609	1609	(I) 1 shall be the Assistant Secretary for 3
1610	1610	Mental Health and Substance Abuse of the De-4
1611	1611	partment of Health and Human Services (or a 5
1612	1612	designee); 6
1613	1613	(J) 1 shall be the Commissioner of the Ad-7
1614	1614	ministration for Native Americans of the De-8
1615	1615	partment of Health and Human Services (or a 9
1616	1616	designee); 10
1617	1617	(K) 1 shall be the Director of the National 11
1618	1618	Institutes of Health (or a designee); 12
1619	1619	(L) 1 shall be the Senior Program Director 13
1620	1620	of the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations of 14
1621	1621	the Department of the Interior (or a designee); 15
1622	1622	(M) 1 shall be the Director of the Office 16
1623	1623	of Indian Education of the Department of Edu-17
1624	1624	cation (or a designee); 18
1625	1625	(N) 1 shall be the Director of the Rural, 19
1626	1626	Insular, and Native American Achievement Pro-20
1627	1627	grams of the Department of Education (or a 21
1628	1628	designee); 22
1629	1629	(O) 1 shall be the Chair of the Advisory 23
1630	1630	Council on Historic Preservation (or a des-24
1631	1631	ignee); 25
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1635	1635	(P) 1 shall be the Assistant Secretary of 1
1636	1636	Indian Affairs (or a designee); 2
1637	1637	(Q) 1 shall be the Director of the Bureau 3
1638	1638	of Indian Education (or a designee); and 4
1639	1639	(R) 3 shall be representatives employed by, 5
1640	1640	or representatives of, religious institutions, to 6
1641	1641	be appointed by the White House Office of 7
1642	1642	Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in 8
1643	1643	consultation with relevant religious institutions. 9
1644	1644	(2) P
1645	1645	ERIOD OF SERVICE ; VACANCIES; RE-10
1646	1646	MOVAL.— 11
1647	1647	(A) P
1648	1648	ERIOD OF SERVICE.—A member of 12
1649	1649	the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing 13
1650	1650	Advisory Committee shall serve for an auto-14
1651	1651	matically renewable term of 2 years. 15
1652	1652	(B) V
1653	1653	ACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Fed-16
1654	1654	eral and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory 17
1655	1655	Committee— 18
1656	1656	(i) shall not affect the powers of the 19
1657	1657	Federal and Religious Truth and Healing 20
1658	1658	Advisory Committee if a simple majority of 21
1659	1659	the positions of the Federal and Religious 22
1660	1660	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee 23
1661	1661	are filled; and 24
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1665	1665	(ii) shall be filled within 90 days in 1
1666	1666	the same manner as was the original ap-2
1667	1667	pointment. 3
1668	1668	(C) R
1669	1669	EMOVAL.—A quorum of members of 4
1670	1670	the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing 5
1671	1671	Advisory Committee may remove a member of 6
1672	1672	the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing 7
1673	1673	Advisory Committee only for neglect of duty or 8
1674	1674	malfeasance. 9
1675	1675	(3) T
1676	1676	ERMINATION.—The Federal and Religious 10
1677	1677	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall termi-11
1678	1678	nate 90 days after the date on which the Commis-12
1679	1679	sion submits the final report required under section 13
1680	1680	111(e)(3). 14
1681	1681	(c) B
1682	1682	USINESSMEETINGS.— 15
1683	1683	(1) I
1684	1684	NITIAL BUSINESS MEETING .—Not later 16
1685	1685	than 30 days after the date of the initial business 17
1686	1686	meeting of the Commission under section 101(c)(1), 18
1687	1687	the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advi-19
1688	1688	sory Committee shall hold an initial business meet-20
1689	1689	ing— 21
1690	1690	(A) to establish rules for the Federal and 22
1691	1691	Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Com-23
1692	1692	mittee; and 24
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1696	1696	(B) to appoint 2 members of the Federal 1
1697	1697	and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory 2
1698	1698	Committee to serve as non-voting designees on 3
1699	1699	the Commission in accordance with section 4
1700	1700	101(c)(3). 5
1701	1701	(2) S
1702	1702	UBSEQUENT BUSINESS MEETINGS .—After 6
1703	1703	the initial business meeting of the Federal and Reli-7
1704	1704	gious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee is held 8
1705	1705	under paragraph (1), the Federal and Religious 9
1706	1706	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall meet 10
1707	1707	at the call of the Chairperson. 11
1708	1708	(3) F
1709	1709	ORMAT OF BUSINESS MEETINGS .—A busi-12
1710	1710	ness meeting of the Federal and Religious Truth 13
1711	1711	and Healing Advisory Committee may be conducted 14
1712	1712	in-person or virtually. 15
1713	1713	(4) Q
1714	1714	UORUM REQUIRED .—A business meeting 16
1715	1715	of the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Ad-17
1716	1716	visory Committee may be held only after a quorum, 18
1717	1717	established in accordance with subsection (d), is 19
1718	1718	present. 20
1719	1719	(d) Q
1720	1720	UORUM.—A simple majority of the members of 21
1721	1721	the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory 22
1722	1722	Committee shall constitute a quorum for a business meet-23
1723	1723	ing. 24
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1727	1727	(e) RULES.—The Federal and Religious Truth and 1
1728	1728	Healing Advisory Committee may establish, with the ad-2
1729	1729	vice of the Commission, by a majority vote, any rules for 3
1730	1730	the conduct of business, in accordance with this section 4
1731	1731	and other applicable law. 5
1732	1732	(f) D
1733	1733	UTIES.—The Federal and Religious Truth and 6
1734	1734	Healing Advisory Committee shall— 7
1735	1735	(1) ensure the effective and timely coordination 8
1736	1736	among Federal agencies and religious institutions in 9
1737	1737	furtherance of the purposes of this Act; 10
1738	1738	(2) assist the Commission and the Native 11
1739	1739	American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee in 12
1740	1740	coordinating— 13
1741	1741	(A) meetings and other related public and 14
1742	1742	private convenings; and 15
1743	1743	(B) the collection, organization, and pres-16
1744	1744	ervation of information obtained from witnesses 17
1745	1745	and by other Federal agencies and religious in-18
1746	1746	stitutions; 19
1747	1747	(3) ensure the timely submission to the Com-20
1748	1748	mission of materials, documents, testimony, and 21
1749	1749	such other information as the Commission deter-22
1750	1750	mines to be necessary to carry out the duties of the 23
1751	1751	Commission; and 24
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1755	1755	(4) coordinate with the Commission, the Native 1
1756	1756	American Truth and Healing Advisory Committee, 2
1757	1757	and the Survivors Truth and Healing Subcommittee 3
1758	1758	to carry out the purposes of this Act. 4
1759	1759	(g) C
1760	1760	ONSULTATION OR ENGAGEMENTWITHNATIVE 5
1761	1761	A
1762	1762	MERICANS, INDIANTRIBES, TRIBALORGANIZATIONS, 6
1763	1763	THEOFFICE OFHAWAIIANAFFAIRS, ANDNATIVEHA-7
1764	1764	WAIIANORGANIZATIONS.—In carrying out the duties of 8
1765	1765	the Federal and Religious Truth and Healing Advisory 9
1766	1766	Committee under subsection (f), the Federal and Religious 10
1767	1767	Truth and Healing Advisory Committee shall meaningfully 11
1768	1768	consult or engage, as appropriate, in a timely manner with 12
1769	1769	Native Americans, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, 13
1770	1770	the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Native Hawaiian orga-14
1771	1771	nizations. 15
1772	1772	(h) N
1773	1773	ONDISCLOSURE.— 16
1774	1774	(1) P
1775	1775	RIVACY ACT OF 1974 APPLICABILITY .— 17
1776	1776	Subsection (b) of section 552a of title 5, United 18
1777	1777	States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Privacy Act 19
1778	1778	of 1974’’), shall not apply to the Federal and Reli-20
1779	1779	gious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee. 21
1780	1780	(2) F
1781	1781	REEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT APPLICA -22
1782	1782	BILITY.—Records and other communications in the 23
1783	1783	possession of the Federal and Religious Truth and 24
1784	1784	Healing Advisory Committee shall be exempt from 25
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1788	1788	disclosure under subsection (b)(3)(B) of section 552 1
1789	1789	of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 2
1790	1790	the ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’). 3
1791	1791	(3) F
1792	1792	EDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT AP -4
1793	1793	PLICABILITY.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United States 5
1794	1794	Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory 6
1795	1795	Committee Act’’), shall not apply to the Federal and 7
1796	1796	Religious Truth and Healing Advisory Committee. 8
1797	1797	TITLE III—GENERAL 9
1798	1798	PROVISIONS 10
1799	1799	SEC. 301. CLARIFICATION. 11
1800	1800	The Native American Graves Protection and Repatri-12
1801	1801	ation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) shall apply to cultural 13
1802	1802	items (as defined in section 2 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 14
1803	1803	3001)) relating to an Indian Boarding School or Indian 15
1804	1804	Boarding School Policies regardless of interpretation of 16
1805	1805	applicability by a Federal agency. 17
1806	1806	SEC. 302. BURIAL MANAGEMENT. 18
1807	1807	Federal agencies shall permit reburial of cultural 19
1808	1808	items relating to an Indian Boarding School or Indian 20
1809	1809	Boarding School Policies that have been repatriated pur-21
1810	1810	suant to the Native American Graves Protection and Re-22
1811	1811	patriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), or returned to 23
1812	1812	a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian or-24
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1816	1816	ganization by any other disinterment process, on any Fed-1
1817	1817	eral land as agreed to by the relevant parties. 2
1818	1818	SEC. 303. CO-STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENTS. 3
1819	1819	A Federal agency that carries out activities pursuant 4
1820	1820	to this Act or that created or controls a cemetery with 5
1821	1821	remains of an individual who attended an Indian Boarding 6
1822	1822	School or an Indian Boarding School may enter into a 7
1823	1823	co-stewardship agreement for the management of the cem-8
1824	1824	etery or Indian Boarding School. 9
1825	1825	SEC. 304. NO RIGHT OF ACTION. 10
1826	1826	Nothing in this Act creates a private right of action 11
1827	1827	to seek administrative or judicial relief. 12
1828	1828	Æ
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