Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires the General Services Administration, after all federal tenants relocate, to transfer administrative jurisdiction over three Albuquerque tracts to the Interior Secretary within 90 days. Interior then takes the United States' interest in the roughly 9.89 acres, including a 76,682-square-foot warehouse, into trust for 19 specifically named New Mexico Pueblos. GSA retains a right-of-way to retrieve or relocate federal property. Interior must obtain a survey, may correct minor title errors, and must record the survey with Bernalillo County. The land is restricted to educational, health, cultural, business, and economic-development uses; remains subject to existing private and municipal rights, easements, restrictions, and utility agreements; and may not be used for any class of gaming.
Who Benefits and How
The 19 Pueblo tribal governments benefit from trust ownership and use of historically connected federal land for education, health, culture, business, and economic development. Pueblo members and community organizations may benefit from programs, services, cultural activity, and employment located on the transferred tracts, including potential reuse of the existing warehouse.
Who Bears the Burden and How
General Services Administration property managers and federal tenants must complete relocation, transfer jurisdiction, and preserve access needed to retrieve or move federal property. Department of the Interior trust administrators must survey, correct and record the legal description, accept title, administer the property under Indian trust-land law, and enforce the use and gaming restrictions.
Key Provisions
- Requires GSA to transfer three former Albuquerque Indian School tracts after federal tenants relocate and within the bill's 90-day framework.
- Requires Interior to hold approximately 9.89 acres in trust for 19 named New Mexico Pueblos.
- Authorizes educational, health, cultural, business, and economic-development uses while prohibiting all classes of gaming.
- Preserves GSA retrieval access and existing encumbrances, easements, restrictions, rights-of-way, and utility agreements.
- Requires a corrected survey to be recorded in Bernalillo County public records.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Transfer approximately 9.89 acres of former Albuquerque Indian School property from GSA to Interior and hold it in trust for 19 New Mexico Pueblos.
Key Policy Areas
Tribal Affairs, Public Lands, Economic Development
Primary Purpose
Transfer approximately 9.89 acres of former Albuquerque Indian School property from GSA to Interior and hold it in trust for 19 New Mexico Pueblos.
Policy Domains
Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025
Identified Gains
- The 19 New Mexico Pueblo tribal governments
- Pueblo members and community organizations
Identified Costs
- General Services Administration property managers
- Relocating federal tenant employees
- Department of the Interior trust administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an …
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Luján) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Existing easement holders, Federal tenant employees on the transferred tracts, Pueblo members using the trust property
Positive-direction: Existing easement holders, Pueblo members using the trust property
Negative-direction: Federal tenant employees on the transferred tracts
Department of the Interior trust administrators, General Services Administration property managers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "trustee"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "transferor"
- → Administrator of General Services
- "the_19_pueblos"
- → The 19 New Mexico Indian Pueblos listed in section 2
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Three former Albuquerque Indian School tracts totaling approximately 9.89 acres under GSA custody at enactment.
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