of the Federal Government under which more than 100,000 American Indian and Alaska Native children were forcibly removed from their family homes and placed in any of 460 Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated schools, including 367 Indian boarding schools, at which assimilation and civilization practices were inflicted on those children as part of the assimilation efforts of the Federal Government, advancing eradication of indigenous peoples’ cultures in the United States. (b) Establishment (1) In general There is established the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States. (2) Purpose The purpose of the Commission is to investigate the experience, impacts, and ongoing effects of the Indian Boarding School Policy, including the impacts and ongoing effects of the intergenerational trauma inflicted on American Indian and Alaska Native families, including physical, psychological, sexual, and spiritual violence inflicted on Native American children as young as 5 years old for speaking indigenous languages or engaging in traditional practices. In addition to, obtaining accurate records and oral accounts of the events that took place at the boarding schools. (3) Membership (A) In general The Commission shall be composed of members appointed as follows: (i) Not fewer than 1 member appointed by the President. (ii) Not fewer than 1 member appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, on the recommendation of the majority leader of the Senate. (iii) Not fewer than 1 member appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, on the recommendation of the minority leader of the Senate. (iv) Not fewer than 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, of whom not fewer than 1 shall be appointed on the recommendation of the minority leader of the House of Representatives. (B) Requirements for membership To the maximum extent practicable, the President and the Members of Congress shall appoint members of the Commission under subparagraph (A) to represent diverse