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Calendar No. 543 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2465 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2014 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the 

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

AUGUST 26, 2014 

Reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of August 5 (legislative 

day, August 1), 2014, by Mr. TESTER, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

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. 

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’’. 


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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) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en25 titled ‘‘Bureau of Indian Affairs—Southwest Region 

26 Division of Land Titles & Records: BLM Surveys 


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1 Within Town of Albuquerque Grant—Albuquerque 

2 Indian School’’ and dated August 7, 2013. 

3 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti4 tled ‘‘The Town of Albuquerque Grant, Bernalillo 

5 County, within Township 10 North, Range 3 East, of 

6 the New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico— 

7 Metes and Bounds Survey’’ and dated August 12, 

8 2011. 

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

10 Secretary of the Interior. 

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

12 PUEBLOS. 

13 (a) ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 

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

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

16 States in and to the Federal land described in sub17 section (b) for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos imme18 diately after the Secretary determines that the re19 quirements of the National Environmental Policy 

20 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) have been sat21 isfied regarding the trust acquisition of the Federal 

22 land. 

23 (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, 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 the 

22 Bureau of Indian Affairs to continue to use the land 

23 taken into trust under subsection (a) for the facilities 

24 and purposes as in existence on the date of enactment 

25 of this Act, in accordance with paragraph (2). 


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1 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The use by the Bureau of 

2 Indian Affairs under paragraph (1) shall— 

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

4 (B) continue until such time as the Sec5 retary determines there is no further need for the 

6 existing Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities. 

7 SEC. 4. EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS. 

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

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

10 to Federal laws relating to Indian land. 

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

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

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

14 out on the Federal land taken into trust under section 

15 3(a). 


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Calendar No. 543 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2465 

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 

AUGUST 26, 2014 

Reported with amendments 


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