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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3635 

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 

JULY 11, 2006 

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

23 PUEBLOS. 

24 (a) ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 


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

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

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

4 (including any improvements and appurtenances to 

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

6 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall— 

7 (A) take such action as the Secretary de8 termines to be necessary to document the trans9 fer under paragraph (1); and 

10 (B) appropriately assign each applicable 

11 private and municipal utility and service right 

12 or agreement. 

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

14 subsection (a)(1) is the 2 tracts of Federal land, the com15 bined acreage of which is approximately 18.3046 acres, 

16 that were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian 

17 School, more particularly described as follows: 

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

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

20 of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in the city of 

21 Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified on the map 

22 entitled ‘‘Site Map of the Albuquerque Indian School 

23 Property’’ (including attachments). 

24 (2) TRACT D.—The approximately 12.3835 

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


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1 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in the 

2 city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified on 

3 the map entitled ‘‘Site Map of the Albuquerque In4 dian School Property’’ (including attachments). 

5 (c) USE OF LAND.—The land taken into trust under 

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

7 cultural, business, and economic development of the 19 

8 Pueblos. 

9 (d) LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS.—The land taken 

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

11 private or municipal encumbrance, right-of-way, restric12 tion, easement of record, or utility service agreement in 

13 effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 4. EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS. 

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

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

17 be subject to Federal laws relating to Indian land. 

18 (b) GAMING.—No gaming activity (within the mean19 ing of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 

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

21 under section 3(a). 

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