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Calendar No. 925 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1193 

[Report No. 110–434] 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 2 parcels of 

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

of New Mexico. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 24, 2007 

Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. BINGAMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

JULY 31, 2008 

Reported by Mr. DORGAN, without amendment 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 

2 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian 

Pueblos in the State of New Mexico. 

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 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) 19 PUEBLOS.—The term ‘‘19 Pueblos’’ 

4 means the New Mexico Indian Pueblos of— 

5 (A) Acoma; 

6 (B) Cochiti; 

7 (C) Isleta; 

8 (D) Jemez; 

9 (E) Laguna; 

10 (F) Nambe; 

11 (G) Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan); 

12 (H) Picuris; 

13 (I) Pojoaque; 

14 (J) San Felipe; 

15 (K) San Ildefonso; 

16 (L) Sandia; 

17 (M) Santa Ana; 

18 (N) Santa Clara; 

19 (O) Santo Domingo; 

20 (P) Taos; 

21 (Q) Tesuque; 

22 (R) Zia; and 

23 (S) Zuni. 

24 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

25 the Secretary of the Interior (or a designee). 


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1 (3) SURVEY.—The term ‘‘survey’’ means the 

2 survey plat entitled ‘‘Department of the Interior, 

3 Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southern Pueblos Agency, 

4 BIA Property Survey’’ (prepared by John Paisano, 

5 Jr., Registered Land Surveyor Certificate No. 

6 5708), and dated March 7, 1977. 

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

8 PUEBLOS. 

9 (a) ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 

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

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

12 States in and to the land described in subsection (b) 

13 (including any improvements and appurtenances to 

14 the land) for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos. 

15 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall— 

16 (A) take such action as the Secretary de17 termines to be necessary to document the trans18 fer under paragraph (1); and 

19 (B) appropriately assign each applicable 

20 private and municipal utility and service right 

21 or agreement. 

22 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in 

23 subsection (a)(1) is the 2 tracts of Federal land, the com24 bined acreage of which is approximately 18.3 acres, that 


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1 were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School, 

2 more particularly described as follows: 

3 (1) TRACT B.—The approximately 5.9211 acres 

4 located in sec. 7 and sec. 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., 

5 of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in the city of 

6 Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified on the sur7 vey. 

8 (2) TRACT D.—The approximately 12.3835 

9 acres located in sec. 7 and sec. 8 of T. 10 N., R. 

10 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in the 

11 city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified on 

12 the survey. 

13 (c) SURVEY.—The Secretary may make minor correc14 tions to the survey and legal description of the Federal 

15 land described in subsection (b) as the Secretary deter16 mines to be necessary to correct clerical, typographical, 

17 and surveying errors. 

18 (d) USE OF LAND.—The land taken into trust under 

19 subsection (a) shall be used for the educational, health, 

20 cultural, business, and economic development of the 19 

21 Pueblos. 

22 (e) LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS.—The land taken 

23 into trust under subsection (a) shall remain subject to any 

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1 tion, easement of record, or utility service agreement in 

2 effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 4. EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

5 this section, land taken into trust under section 3(a) shall 

6 be subject to Federal laws relating to Indian land. 

7 (b) GAMING.—No gaming activity (within the mean8 ing of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 

9 et seq.)) shall be carried out on land taken into trust 

10 under section 3(a). 


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Calendar No. 925 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1193 

[Report No. 110

–434] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into 

ico. certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mextrust 2 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of 

JULY 31, 2008 

Reported without amendment 


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