About 9.89 acres of federal land in Albuquerque, New Mexico — the former site of the Albuquerque Indian School — would move from the General Services Administration into trust for 19 New Mexico Indian Pueblos, including Acoma, Zuni, Taos, and Isleta, under this bill. The land, which includes a large former warehouse building, must be transferred within 90 days after the law takes effect and after any remaining federal tenants relocate. Once transferred, the Pueblos could use the land for education, healthcare, cultural programs, and business or economic development, though it would remain subject to existing easements, utility agreements, and federal Indian trust land laws. The bill specifically bars any casino-style gambling on the land. No federal funding is authorized beyond the administrative cost of completing the transfer.
Congressional Summary
Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025This bill takes three tracts of specified federal land (approximately 9.89 acres) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, into trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico. (These three tracts of land were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School, which was an Indian boarding school until 1981.)The land is currently administered by the General Services Administration (GSA). Within 90 days of this bill's enactment and the relocation of all federal tenants, the bill requires (1) the GSA to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the land to the Department of the Interior, and (2) Interior to take the land into trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos.The land taken into trust must be subject to a right-of-way easement, as determined by the GSA, on the federal land located within Tract 1 for purposes of retrieving or relocating federal property from the land to another location. (Tract 1, which is approximately 3.57 acres, contains a warehouse that is 76,682 square feet.)The bill requires the land taken into trust to be used for the educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development of the 19 Pueblos. Further, the land must remain subject to existing private and municipal encumbrances, rights-of-way, restrictions, easements of record, and utility service agreements.The bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-11-19
- Date Added
- 2026-07-18
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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