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Union Calendar No. 205 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1880 

[Report No. 114–271] 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 parcels of 

Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State 

of New Mexico. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2015 

Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico (for herself and Mr. BEN

RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 

Additional sponsor: Mr. PEARCE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 

4 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian 

Pueblos in the State of New Mexico. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Albuquerque Indian 

5 School Land Transfer Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) 19 PUEBLOS.—The term ‘‘19 Pueblos’’ 

9 means the New Mexico Indian Pueblos of— 

10 (A) Acoma; 

11 (B) Cochiti; 

12 (C) Isleta; 

13 (D) Jemez; 

14 (E) Laguna; 

15 (F) Nambe; 

16 (G) Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan); 

17 (H) Picuris; 

18 (I) Pojoaque; 

19 (J) San Felipe; 

20 (K) San Ildefonso; 

21 (L) Sandia; 

22 (M) Santa Ana; 

23 (N) Santa Clara; 

24 (O) Santo Domingo; 

25 (P) Taos; 


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1 (Q) Tesuque; 

2 (R) Zia; and 

3 (S) Zuni. 

4 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en5 titled ‘‘The Town of Albuquerque Grant, Bernalillo 

6 County, within Township 10 North, Range 3 East, 

7 of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mex8 ico—Metes and Bounds Survey’’ and dated August 

9 12, 2011. 

10 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 Secretary of the Interior. 

12 SEC. 3. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF 19 

13 PUEBLOS. 

14 (a) ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take 

16 into trust all right, title, and interest of the United 

17 States in and to the Federal land described in sub18 section (b) for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos imme19 diately after the Secretary determines that the re20 quirements of the National Environmental Policy 

21 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) have been sat22 isfied regarding the trust acquisition of the Federal 

23 land. 

24 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall— 


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1 (A) take such action as the Secretary de2 termines to be necessary to document the trans3 fer under paragraph (1); and 

4 (B) appropriately assign each applicable 

5 private and municipal utility and service right 

6 or agreement. 

7 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The Federal land re8 ferred to in subsection (a)(1) is the 4 tracts of Federal 

9 land, the combined acreage of which is approximately 

10 11.11 acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque 

11 Indian School, more particularly described as follows: 

12 (1) ABANDONED INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD.—The 

13 approximately 0.83 acres located in sec. 7 and sec. 

14 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal 

15 Meridian in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified 

16 on the map. 

17 (2) SOUTHERN PART TRACT D.—The approxi18 mately 6.18 acres located in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 

19 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albu20 querque, New Mexico, as identified on the map. 

21 (3) TRACT 1.—The approximately 0.41 acres lo22 cated in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New 

23 Mexico Principal Meridian in Albuquerque, New 

24 Mexico, as identified on the map. 


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1 (4) WESTERN PART TRACT B.—The approxi2 mately 3.69 acres located in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 

3 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albu4 querque, New Mexico, as identified on the map. 

5 (c) SURVEY.—The Secretary shall conduct a survey 

6 of the Federal land to be transferred consistent with sub7 section (b) and may make minor corrections to the survey 

8 and legal description of the Federal land described in sub9 section (b) as the Secretary determines to be necessary 

10 to correct clerical, typographical, and surveying errors. 

11 (d) USE OF LAND.—The Federal land taken into 

12 trust under subsection (a) shall be used for the edu13 cational, health, cultural, business, and economic develop14 ment of the 19 Pueblos. 

15 (e) LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS.—The Federal 

16 land taken into trust under subsection (a) shall remain 

17 subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right18 of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility service 

19 agreement in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

20 (f) BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS USE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The 19 Pueblos shall allow 

22 the Bureau of Indian Affairs to continue to use the 

23 land taken into trust under subsection (a) for the fa24 cilities and purposes as in existence on the date of 


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1 enactment of this Act, in accordance with paragraph 

2 (2). 

3 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The use by the Bureau 

4 of Indian Affairs under paragraph (1) shall— 

5 (A) be free of any rental charge; and 

6 (B) continue until such time as the Sec7 retary determines there is no further need for 

8 the existing Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities. 

9 SEC. 4. EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), Federal 

11 land taken into trust under section 3(a) shall be subject 

12 to Federal laws relating to Indian land. 

13 (b) GAMING.—No class I gaming, class II gaming, 

14 or class III gaming (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 

15 Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)) shall be carried 

16 out on the Federal land taken into trust under section 

17 3(a). 


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Union Calendar No. 205 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1880 

[Report No. 114–271] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take into 

ico. certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mextrust 4 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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