House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2026
Official title: To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Cole R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 3, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7325.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 24, February 3, 2026, Page H1976):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7325, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7325
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
21 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 21 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Randy Fine (R-FL), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moylan (R-GU), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), John Rutherford (R-FL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Cole.
- H.R. 1968 (119th) Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
- H.R. 5371 (119th) Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
- H.R. 6938 (119th) Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 7147 (119th) Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.
- H.R. 7148 (119th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 7006 (119th) Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026
Related bills
- S. 761 (119th) Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.