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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1193 

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 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

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

9 means the New Mexico Indian Pueblos of— 


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1 (A) Acoma; 

2 (B) Cochiti; 

3 (C) Isleta; 

4 (D) Jemez; 

5 (E) Laguna; 

6 (F) Nambe; 

7 (G) Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan); 

8 (H) Picuris; 

9 (I) Pojoaque; 

10 (J) San Felipe; 

11 (K) San Ildefonso; 

12 (L) Sandia; 

13 (M) Santa Ana; 

14 (N) Santa Clara; 

15 (O) Santo Domingo; 

16 (P) Taos; 

17 (Q) Tesuque; 

18 (R) Zia; and 

19 (S) Zuni. 

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

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

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

23 survey plat entitled ‘‘Department of the Interior, 

24 Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southern Pueblos Agency, 

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


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1 Jr., Registered Land Surveyor Certificate No. 

2 5708), and dated March 7, 1977. 

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

4 PUEBLOS. 

5 (a) ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 

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

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

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

9 (including any improvements and appurtenances to 

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

11 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall— 

12 (A) take such action as the Secretary de13 termines to be necessary to document the trans14 fer under paragraph (1); and 

15 (B) appropriately assign each applicable 

16 private and municipal utility and service right 

17 or agreement. 

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

19 subsection (a)(1) is the 2 tracts of Federal land, the com20 bined acreage of which is approximately 18.3 acres, that 

21 were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School, 

22 more particularly described as follows: 

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

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

25 of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in the city of 


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1 Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified on the sur2 vey. 

3 (2) TRACT D.—The approximately 12.3835 

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

5 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in the 

6 city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified on 

7 the survey. 

8 (c) SURVEY.—The Secretary may make minor correc9 tions to the survey and legal description of the Federal 

10 land described in subsection (b) as the Secretary deter11 mines to be necessary to correct clerical, typographical, 

12 and surveying errors. 

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

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

15 cultural, business, and economic development of the 19 

16 Pueblos. 

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

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

19 private or municipal encumbrance, right-of-way, restric20 tion, easement of record, or utility service agreement in 

21 effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

22 SEC. 4. EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS. 

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

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

25 be subject to Federal laws relating to Indian land. 


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1 (b) GAMING.—No gaming activity (within the mean2 ing of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 

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

4 under section 3(a). 

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