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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6162 
To transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in 
the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2025 
Ms. STANSBURY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian 
Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Albuquerque Indian 
School Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND INTO TRUST FOR THE 19 PUEB-
LOS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 19 PUEBLOS.—The term ‘‘19 Pueblos’’ 
means the New Mexico Indian Pueblos of— 
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(A) Acoma; 
(B) Cochiti; 
(C) Isleta; 
(D) Jemez; 
(E) Laguna; 
(F) Nambe; 
(G) Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan); 
(H) Picuris; 
(I) Pojoaque; 
(J) San Felipe; 
(K) San Ildefonso; 
(L) Sandia; 
(M) Santa Ana; 
(N) Santa Clara; 
(O) Santo Domingo; 
(P) Taos; 
(Q) Tesuque; 
(R) Zia; and 
(S) Zuni. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) SURVEY.—Except as provided in subsection 
(e), the term ‘‘survey’’ means the survey plat enti-
tled ‘‘Plat of Tracts 1 Thru 3 Lands of US Indian 
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Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs’’, prepared by 
Surv-Tek, Inc., and dated May 2023. 
(b) LAND INTO TRUST.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and the relocation 
of all Federal tenants— 
(1) the Administrator of General Services shall 
transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Federal 
land described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 
subsection (c) to the Secretary; and 
(2) on completion of the transfer of administra-
tive jurisdiction under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall receive the transfer and hold in trust all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
Federal land described in paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) of that subsection for the benefit of the 19 Pueb-
los. 
(c) FEDERAL LAND DESCRIBED.—The Federal land 
referred to in this section is the 3 tracts of Federal land, 
the combined acreage of which is approximately 9.89 
acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque In-
dian School and, as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
are under the custody and accountability of the General 
Services Administration, more particularly described as 
follows: 
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(1) TRACT 1.—The approximately 3.57 acres lo-
cated in secs. 7 and 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the 
New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albuquerque, 
New Mexico, on which stands a 76,682 square foot 
warehouse, as identified on the survey. 
(2) TRACT 2.—The approximately 5.78 acres lo-
cated in secs. 7 and 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the 
New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albuquerque, 
New Mexico, as identified on the survey. 
(3) TRACT 3.—The approximately .54 acres lo-
cated in secs. 7 and 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the 
New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albuquerque, 
New Mexico, as identified on the survey. 
(d) EASEMENT
ON TRACT 1.—The Federal land 
transferred into trust under subsection (b)(2) shall be sub-
ject to a right-of-way easement, as determined by the Ad-
ministrator of General Services, on the Federal land de-
scribed in subsection (c)(1) for purposes of retrieving or 
relocating Federal property from that Federal land to an-
other location. 
(e) SURVEY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary— 
(A) shall obtain a survey of the land to be 
transferred into trust under subsection (b)(2); 
and 
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(B) may make minor corrections to the 
survey and legal description of the Federal land 
described in subsection (c) as the Secretary de-
termines to be necessary to correct clerical, ty-
pographical, and surveying land title errors. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The survey obtained under 
paragraph (1) shall be recorded in the public records 
of the County Clerk Office of Bernalillo County, 
New Mexico. 
(f) USE OF LAND.—The Federal land transferred 
into trust under subsection (b)(2) shall be— 
(1) used for the educational, health, cultural, 
business, and economic development of the 19 Pueb-
los; and 
(2) subject to Federal laws applicable to Indian 
trust land in the State of New Mexico. 
(g) LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS.—The Federal 
land transferred into trust under subsection (b)(2) shall 
remain subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, 
right-of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility 
service agreement in effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(h) GAMING PROHIBITION.—Class I gaming, class II 
gaming, and class III gaming (as those terms are defined 
in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
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U.S.C. 2703)) are prohibited on the Federal land trans-
ferred into trust under subsection (b)(2). 
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