114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 986 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Albuquerque Indian 

3 School Land Transfer Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) 19 PUEBLOS.—The term ‘‘19 Pueblos’’ 

7 means the New Mexico Indian Pueblos of— 

8 (A) Acoma; 

9 (B) Cochiti; 

10 (C) Isleta; 

11 (D) Jemez; 

12 (E) Laguna; 

13 (F) Nambe; 

14 (G) Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan); 

15 (H) Picuris; 

16 (I) Pojoaque; 

17 (J) San Felipe; 

18 (K) San Ildefonso; 

19 (L) Sandia; 

20 (M) Santa Ana; 

21 (N) Santa Clara; 

22 (O) Santo Domingo; 

23 (P) Taos; 

24 (Q) Tesuque; 

25 (R) Zia; and 

26 (S) Zuni. 
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1 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en2 titled ‘‘The Town of Albuquerque Grant, Bernalillo 

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

4 of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mex5 ico—Metes and Bounds Survey’’ and dated August 

6 12, 2011. 

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

8 Secretary of the Interior. 

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

10 PUEBLOS. 

11 (a) ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 

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

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

14 States in and to the Federal land described in sub15 section (b) for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos imme16 diately after the Secretary determines that the re17 quirements of the National Environmental Policy 

18 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) have been sat19 isfied regarding the trust acquisition of the Federal 

20 land. 

21 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall— 

22 (A) take such action as the Secretary de23 termines to be necessary to document the trans24 fer under paragraph (1); and 
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1 (B) appropriately assign each applicable 

2 private and municipal utility and service right 

3 or agreement. 

4 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The Federal land re5 ferred to in subsection (a)(1) is the 4 tracts of Federal 

6 land, the combined acreage of which is approximately 

7 11.11 acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque 

8 Indian School, more particularly described as follows: 

9 (1) ABANDONED INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD.—The 

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

11 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal 

12 Meridian in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified 

13 on the map. 

14 (2) SOUTHERN PART TRACT D.—The approxi15 mately 6.18 acres located in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 

16 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albu17 querque, New Mexico, as identified on the map. 

18 (3) TRACT 1.—The approximately 0.41 acres lo19 cated in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New 

20 Mexico Principal Meridian in Albuquerque, New 

21 Mexico, as identified on the map. 

22 (4) WESTERN PART TRACT B.—The approxi23 mately 3.69 acres located in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 

24 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albu25 querque, New Mexico, as identified on the map. 
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1 (c) SURVEY.—The Secretary shall conduct a survey 

2 of the Federal land to be transferred consistent with sub3 section (b) and may make minor corrections to the survey 

4 and legal description of the Federal land described in sub5 section (b) as the Secretary determines to be necessary 

6 to correct clerical, typographical, and surveying errors. 

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

8 trust under subsection (a) shall be used for the edu9 cational, health, cultural, business, and economic develop10 ment of the 19 Pueblos. 

11 (e) LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS.—The Federal 

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

13 subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right14 of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility service 

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

16 (f) BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS USE.— 

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

18 the Bureau of Indian Affairs to continue to use the 

19 land taken into trust under subsection (a) for the fa20 cilities and purposes as in existence on the date of 

21 enactment of this Act, in accordance with paragraph 

22 (2). 

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

24 of Indian Affairs under paragraph (1) shall— 

25 (A) be free of any rental charge; and 
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1 (B) continue until such time as the Sec2 retary determines there is no further need for 

3 the existing Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities. 

4 SEC. 4. EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS. 

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

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

7 to Federal laws relating to Indian land. 

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

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

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

11 out on the Federal land taken into trust under section 

12 3(a). 

Passed the Senate September 22, 2015. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 986 

AN ACT 

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