A bill to provide for the return to the United States of title to certain lands conveyed to certain Indian Pueblos of New Mexico and for such land to be held in trust by the United States for such tribes.
PL 95-232 (S.1509), enacted 02/17/1978

92 STAT. 30 
PUBLIC LAW 95-232—FEB. 17, 1978 
Public Law 95-232 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Feb. 17, 1978 
[S. 1509] 
Indians. 
Certain pueblos, 
N. Mex. 
Lands in trust. 
To provide for the return to the United States of title to certain lands conveyed 
to certain Indian pueblos of New Mexico and for such land to be held in trust 
by the United States for such tribes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assemhled, That the duly author-
ized officials of each of the Indian pueblos of New Mexico are hereby 
authorized to convey to the Ignited States all the right, title, and 
interest of such pueblos in the land located in Albuquerque, County 
of Bernalillo, State of New Mexico, which was conveyed to such 
pueblos on behalf of the United States and the Secretary of the Interior 
by the quitclaim deed executed on June 17, 1969, by the Acting Com-
missioner of Indian Affairs, and by the correction quitclaim deed 
executed July 30, 1970, by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and 
which is described as follows: 
Tract *'C" 
A tract of land lying and being situated in section 7, township 10 
north, range 3 east of the New Mexico principal meridian, within the 
city of Albtiquerque, County of Bernalillo, State of New Mexico, said 
tract being more particularly described as follows: 
]3eginning at a point on the west right-of-way line for 12th Street 
and the north right-of-way line for Indian School Road, said point 
also being corner No. 2 of tract herein described and from whence 
the New Mexico Highway Department Triangulation Station 1-40-15 
having established coordinates of Y-1494103.7(), X-378204.72 of the 
New Mexico coordinate system, central zone, bears S. 16 degrees 02 
minutes 03 seconds E., 989.43 feet. 
Thence north 59 degrees 58 minutes 22 seconds west, 281.29 feet 
along the north right-of-way of Indian School Road to the point of 
curvature and corner No. 3 of said tract. 
Thence in a northwesterly direction 212.69 feet along the range/west 
curve concave to the northeast having a radius of 1,393.27 feet to 
corner No. 4. 
Thence north 8 degrees 49 minutes 05 seconds east, 865.60 feet to 
corner No. 5, a point on the south right-of-way of Menaul Boulevard 
extension. 
Thence in a northeasterly direction 493.42 feet along the range/west 
curve concave of the south having a radius of 716.20 feet to corner 
No. 1, a point on the west range/west line for 12th Street. 
Thence south 8 degrees 16 minutes west, 1,255.45 feet along said 
range/west to corner No. 2, the point and place of beginning, said 
tract containing 11.2857 acres, more or less. 
Corner Coordinates of Tract "C" 
Y— 
X— 
Corner: 
Coordinate 
Coordinate 
1 
1496295.97 
378116.98 
2 
149r>054. 70 
377931. 43 
3 
1495196. 
41 
377688. 
55 
4 
149.5316.87 
377513.58 
5 
1496171.41 
377649.72 
PUBLIC LAW 95-232—FEB. 17, 1978 
92 STAT. 31 
(b) Upon approval by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary Secretary of the 
shall accept such conveyances on behalf of the United States. Such Interior, 
land shall be held in trust jointly for such Indian pueblos and shall acceptance of 
enjoy the tax-exempt status of other trust lands, including exemption conveyances, 
fi'om State taxation and regulation. However, such property shall not 
be "Indian country" as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States 
Code. The Secretary shall cause a description of such trust land to be Publication in 
published in the Federal Kegister. 
Federal Register. 
(c) Nothing in this Act shall terminate or diminish the rights or 
interests of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Inc., as an assignee 
or subleasee of the lease of such land to the All Indian Pueblo Council, 
Inc., approved on August 27, 1974, by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
(d) Nothing in this Act shall alter the rights or interests, if any, 
in the adjacent lands previously conveyed to the County of Bernalillo 
for Four-H Club use by deed dated March 22, 1960. 
Approved February 17, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-846 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-445 (Coram, on Indian Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 123 (1977): Sept. 29, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 124 (1978): Feb. 6, considered and passed House.