Co-lead legislation to establish a formal truth and healing commission on Indian boarding schools.

Co-leading legislation to establish a formal truth and healing commission to further investigate, document and address impacts of Indian boarding schools.

Commitment to advance legislation creating a truth and healing commission on Indian boarding schools.

Issues - Lisa Murkowski for US Senate
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Congress.gov lists S.1723 with sponsor Elizabeth Warren, committee Indian Affairs, latest action: House - 12/24/2024 Held at the desk, and tracker status: Passed Senate. The summary states the bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States.

The bill advanced further than introduction and passed the Senate, but it had not become law or created the commission by the latest action shown.

partial later_term A for effort

S.1723 - Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024
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Congress.gov marks Lisa Murkowski as an original cosponsor of S.1723 on 05/18/2023; the asterisk key identifies original cosponsors.

Murkowski was part of the bill from introduction, supporting the claim that she co-led or materially backed the legislation in a later Senate term.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - S.1723 - 118th Congress
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The Senate Indian Affairs report says Warren introduced S.1723 with Schatz, Murkowski, and other original cosponsors; it also says Senators Schatz and Murkowski filed an amendment in the nature of a substitute and the committee ordered the bill reported favorably by voice vote.

The committee report gives concrete evidence of Murkowski doing more than routine cosponsorship: she co-filed the substitute text used in committee and helped move the bill favorably out of committee.

partial later_term A for effort

S. Rept. 118-187 - Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2023
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The engrossed Senate text says the Act's purposes include establishing a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States and Section 101 states that such a commission is established in the legislative branch. The text also records that it passed the Senate on December 20, 2024.

The actual bill text matches the promised policy design, and the Senate passed it, but this was still bill text rather than enacted law.

partial later_term A for effort

Text - S.1723 - Engrossed in Senate
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Interior's July 2024 report says the Department reviewed about 103 million pages of records, held survivor listening sessions, identified 417 federal Indian boarding schools, and stated that its work can aid a national truth and healing commission, members of Congress, and policymakers.

The executive branch investigation produced substantial truth-finding work, but the report itself describes a national truth and healing commission as a separate future or policy vehicle, not an already established commission.

partial unknown A for effort

Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report Vol. II
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

The Guardian reported in April 2025 that the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act was not dead yet, that Lisa Murkowski had taken it up, and that the commission still would need to be formed.

Recent reporting after the 118th Congress confirms continued attention but no completed commission; it supports an unresolved or partial status rather than full delivery.

unresolved later_term A for effort

The devastating legacy of Native boarding schools: 'no way people can apologize it away'
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%