House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act
Sponsor: Rep. Sharice Davids D-KSWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2021
- Committee actionJun 15, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2022 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-595, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5444.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5444, Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act” on November 14, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported on June 15, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58768
- CBO publication date
- November 14, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5444, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5444
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-595 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 7, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2022 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/595
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5444, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5444
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
82855eea21b477155b91a70029043b14ce6cd53d682fd8d6a2c5ded8551b39ce
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 172, October 1, 2021, Page H5593):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2021 ↗
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- Statement length
- 67 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5444, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5444
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
82855eea21b477155b91a70029043b14ce6cd53d682fd8d6a2c5ded8551b39ce
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
87 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 80 Democrats
7 of 87 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), J. Correa (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA) and 57 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sharice Davids.
- H.R. 6441 (117th) Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022
- H.R. 1339 (117th) Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act
- H.R. 7242 (117th) Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022
- H.R. 5008 (117th) Frank Harrison, Elizabeth Peratrovich, and Miguel Trujillo Native American Voting Rights Act of 2021
- H.R. 7644 (117th) Pride in Mental Health Act
- H.R. 925 (117th) Data to Save Moms Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.