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Calendar No. 194 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 986 

[Report No. 114–114] 

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 

AUGUST 4, 2015 

Reported by Mr. BARRASSO, without amendment 

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 ‘‘The Town of Albuquerque Grant, Bernalillo 

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


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1 of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mex2 ico—Metes and Bounds Survey’’ and dated August 

3 12, 2011. 

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

5 Secretary of the Interior. 

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

7 PUEBLOS. 

8 (a) ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 

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

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

11 States in and to the Federal land described in sub12 section (b) for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos imme13 diately after the Secretary determines that the re14 quirements of the National Environmental Policy 

15 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) have been sat16 isfied regarding the trust acquisition of the Federal 

17 land. 

18 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall— 

19 (A) take such action as the Secretary de20 termines to be necessary to document the trans21 fer under paragraph (1); and 

22 (B) appropriately assign each applicable 

23 private and municipal utility and service right 

24 or agreement. 


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1 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The Federal land re2 ferred to in subsection (a)(1) is the 4 tracts of Federal 

3 land, the combined acreage of which is approximately 

4 11.11 acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque 

5 Indian School, more particularly described as follows: 

6 (1) ABANDONED INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD.—The 

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

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

9 Meridian in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified 

10 on the map. 

11 (2) SOUTHERN PART TRACT D.—The approxi12 mately 6.18 acres located in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 

13 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albu14 querque, New Mexico, as identified on the map. 

15 (3) TRACT 1.—The approximately 0.41 acres lo16 cated in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New 

17 Mexico Principal Meridian in Albuquerque, New 

18 Mexico, as identified on the map. 

19 (4) WESTERN PART TRACT B.—The approxi20 mately 3.69 acres located in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 

21 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albu22 querque, New Mexico, as identified on the map. 

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

24 of the Federal land to be transferred consistent with sub25 section (b) and may make minor corrections to the survey 


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1 and legal description of the Federal land described in sub2 section (b) as the Secretary determines to be necessary 

3 to correct clerical, typographical, and surveying errors. 

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

5 trust under subsection (a) shall be used for the edu6 cational, health, cultural, business, and economic develop7 ment of the 19 Pueblos. 

8 (e) LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS.—The Federal 

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

10 subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right11 of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility service 

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

13 (f) BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS USE.— 

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

15 the Bureau of Indian Affairs to continue to use the 

16 land taken into trust under subsection (a) for the fa17 cilities and purposes as in existence on the date of 

18 enactment of this Act, in accordance with paragraph 

19 (2). 

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

21 of Indian Affairs under paragraph (1) shall— 

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

23 (B) continue until such time as the Sec24 retary determines there is no further need for 

25 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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Calendar No. 194 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 986 

[Report No. 114–114] 

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 4, 2015 

Reported without amendment 


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