Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025 .
2Transfer of land into trust for the 19 Pueblos
This section would define the "19 Pueblos" as 19 named New Mexico Indian Pueblos: Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambe, Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan), Picuris, Pojoaque, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, Sandia, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, Tesuque, Zia, and Zuni. It would define "Secretary" as the Secretary of the Interior, and would define "survey" (except where the survey subsection below says otherwise) as a specific survey plat titled "Plat of Tracts 1 Thru 3 Lands of US Indian Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs," prepared by Surv-Tek, Inc. and dated May 2023. Not later than 90 days after the Act becomes law and after all federal tenants have been relocated, the Administrator of General Services would have to transfer administrative jurisdiction over three described tracts of federal land to the Secretary of the Interior; once that jurisdiction transfer is complete, the Secretary would have to accept the land and hold all of the United States' right, title, and interest in it in trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos. The land covered is three tracts in Albuquerque, New Mexico, totaling about 9.89 acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School and, as of the Act's enactment, are in the custody of the General Services Administration: Tract 1 is about 3.57 acres in secs. 7 and 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E. of the New Mexico Principal Meridian and has a 76,682 square foot warehouse on it, as identified on the survey; Tract 2 is about 5.78 acres in the same sections and township, as identified on the survey; and Tract 3 is about .54 acres in the same sections and township, as identified on the survey. The land placed in trust would remain subject, on Tract 1 only, to a right-of-way easement, as determined by the Administrator of General Services, allowing federal property to be retrieved or relocated from Tract 1 to another location. The Secretary would have to obtain a survey of the land before it is placed in trust, and could make minor corrections to that survey and to the legal description of the federal land to fix clerical, typographical, and land title errors; the survey obtained would have to be recorded in the public records of the Bernalillo County, New Mexico Clerk's Office. The land placed in trust would have to be used for the educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development of the 19 Pueblos, and would be subject to the federal laws that apply to Indian trust land in New Mexico. The land placed in trust would also remain subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right-of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility service agreement that was already in effect on the date the Act becomes law. Class I gaming, class II gaming, and class III gaming, as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, would all be prohibited on the land placed in trust.
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2. Transfer of land into trust for the 19 Pueblos (a) Definitions In this section: (1) 19 Pueblos The term 19 Pueblos means the New Mexico Indian Pueblos of— (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 entitled Plat of Tracts 1 Thru 3 Lands of US Indian 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 administrative 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 Pueblos. (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 Indian 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: (1) Tract 1 The approximately 3.57 acres located 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 located 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 located 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 subject to a right-of-way easement, as determined by the Administrator of General Services, on the Federal land described in subsection (c)(1) for purposes of retrieving or relocating Federal property from that Federal land to another 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 (B) may make minor corrections to the survey and legal description of the Federal land described in subsection (c) as the Secretary determines to be necessary to correct clerical, typographical, 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 Pueblos; 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 U.S.C. 2703 )) are prohibited on the Federal land transferred into trust under subsection (b)(2).
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