Pennsylvania HR671: A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the intergenerational impact the Carlisle Indian Industrial School had on indigenous children, their descendants and their tribal nations and to issue a report.

What the bill says

A resolution Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the intergenerational impact the Carlisle Indian Industrial School had on indigenous children, their descendants and their tribal nations and to issue a report.

From the introduced text, October 20, 2026:

A RESOLUTION Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the intergenerational impact the Carlisle Indian Industrial School had on indigenous children, their descendants and their tribal nations and to issue a report. WHEREAS, The Carlisle Indian Industrial School, founded in 1879 at Carlisle Barracks in Cumberland County, was the first Federal off-reservation boarding school for indigenous children and operated until its closure on September 1, 1918; and WHEREAS, The school's founder and superintendent, Richard Henry Pratt, summarized the ethos of the policy as "kill the Indian in him, and save the man"; and WHEREAS, The purpose of the school was to assimilate indigenous children by stripping them of their languages, religions and cultures; and WHEREAS, Students at Carlisle Indian Industrial School had their hair cut and were forbidden to speak their native languages; and WHEREAS, Thousands of American Indian and Alaska Native children from more than 140 tribal nations were enrolled at the school; and WHEREAS, Carlisle Indian Industrial School served as the model for the Federal Indian boarding school system, which grew to more than 400 Federal schools alongside hundreds of similar institutions operated by religious organizations; and WHEREAS, Approximately 180 children died while attending the school, many of whom were buried at what is now the Carlisle Barracks Main Post Cemetery, which the …

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Sponsors

• Christopher Rabb (D, 200) · primary sponsor
• Benjamin Waxman (D, 182)
• Nikki Rivera (D, 96)
• Benjamin Sanchez (D, 153)

Latest actions

1. October 20, 2026: Referred to INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND OPERATIONS, Oct. 20, 2026

Common questions

What is HR671?

HR671 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the intergenerational impact the Carlisle Indian Industrial School had on indigenous children, their descendants and their tribal nations and to issue a report.

What does HR671 do?

In its own words: A resolution Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the intergenerational impact the Carlisle Indian Industrial School had on indigenous children, their descendants and their tribal nations and to issue a report.

What is the status of HR671?

In committee as of October 20, 2026. Latest action: Referred to INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND OPERATIONS, Oct. 20, 2026 (October 20, 2026).

Who sponsored HR671?

Christopher Rabb (D, 200), with 3 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HR671?

On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr671