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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 986 

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 

APRIL 16, 2015 

Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; 

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

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’’. 

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) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en21 titled ‘‘The Town of Albuquerque Grant, Bernalillo 

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

23 of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mex24 ico—Metes and Bounds Survey’’ and dated August 

25 12, 2011. 


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

2 Secretary of the Interior. 

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 Federal land described in sub9 section (b) for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos imme10 diately after the Secretary determines that the re11 quirements of the National Environmental Policy 

12 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) have been sat13 isfied regarding the trust acquisition of the Federal 

14 land. 

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 Federal land re23 ferred to in subsection (a)(1) is the 4 tracts of Federal 

24 land, the combined acreage of which is approximately 


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1 11.11 acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque 

2 Indian School, more particularly described as follows: 

3 (1) ABANDONED INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD.—The 

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

5 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal 

6 Meridian in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified 

7 on the map. 

8 (2) SOUTHERN PART TRACT D.—The approxi9 mately 6.18 acres located in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 

10 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albu11 querque, New Mexico, as identified on the map. 

12 (3) TRACT 1.—The approximately 0.41 acres lo13 cated in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New 

14 Mexico Principal Meridian in Albuquerque, New 

15 Mexico, as identified on the map. 

16 (4) WESTERN PART TRACT B.—The approxi17 mately 3.69 acres located in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 

18 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albu19 querque, New Mexico, as identified on the map. 

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

21 of the Federal land to be transferred consistent with sub22 section (b) and may make minor corrections to the survey 

23 and legal description of the Federal land described in sub24 section (b) as the Secretary determines to be necessary 

25 to correct clerical, typographical, and surveying errors. 


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

2 trust under subsection (a) shall be used for the edu3 cational, health, cultural, business, and economic develop4 ment of the 19 Pueblos. 

5 (e) LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS.—The Federal 

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

7 subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right8 of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility service 

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

10 (f) BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS USE.— 

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

12 the Bureau of Indian Affairs to continue to use the 

13 land taken into trust under subsection (a) for the fa14 cilities and purposes as in existence on the date of 

15 enactment of this Act, in accordance with paragraph 

16 (2). 

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

18 of Indian Affairs under paragraph (1) shall— 

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

20 (B) continue until such time as the Sec21 retary determines there is no further need for 

22 the existing Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities. 


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1 SEC. 4. EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS. 

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

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

4 to Federal laws relating to Indian land. 

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

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

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

8 out on the Federal land taken into trust under section 

9 3(a). 

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