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[S. 1193 Referred in House (RFH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1193


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2008

             Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 2 parcels of 
Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State of 
                              New Mexico.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Albuquerque Indian School Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (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 (or a designee).
            (3) Survey.--The term ``survey'' means the survey plat 
        entitled ``Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
        Affairs, Southern Pueblos Agency, BIA Property Survey'' 
        (prepared by John Paisano, Jr., Registered Land Surveyor 
        Certificate No. 5708), and dated March 7, 1977.

SEC. 3. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF 19 PUEBLOS.

    (a) Action by Secretary.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall take into trust all 
        right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
        land described in subsection (b) (including any improvements 
        and appurtenances to the land) for the benefit of the 19 
        Pueblos.
            (2) Administration.--The Secretary shall--
                    (A) take such action as the Secretary determines to 
                be necessary to document the transfer under paragraph 
                (1); and
                    (B) appropriately assign each applicable private 
                and municipal utility and service right or agreement.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a)(1) 
is the 2 tracts of Federal land, the combined acreage of which is 
approximately 18.3 acres, that were historically part of the 
Albuquerque Indian School, more particularly described as follows:
            (1) Tract b.--The approximately 5.9211 acres located in 
        sec. 7 and sec. 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New Mexico 
        Principal Meridian in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as 
        identified on the survey.
            (2) Tract d.--The approximately 12.3835 acres located in 
        sec. 7 and sec. 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New Mexico 
        Principal Meridian in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as 
        identified on the survey.
    (c) Survey.--The Secretary may make minor corrections to the survey 
and legal description of the Federal land described in subsection (b) 
as the Secretary determines to be necessary to correct clerical, 
typographical, and surveying errors.
    (d) Use of Land.--The land taken into trust under subsection (a) 
shall be used for the educational, health, cultural, business, and 
economic development of the 19 Pueblos.
    (e) Limitations and Conditions.--The land taken into trust under 
subsection (a) 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.

SEC. 4. EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS.

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, land 
taken into trust under section 3(a) shall be subject to Federal laws 
relating to Indian land.
    (b) Gaming.--No gaming activity (within the meaning of the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.)) shall be carried out on 
land taken into trust under section 3(a).

            Passed the Senate September 22 (legislative day, September 
      17), 2008.

            Attest:

                                                NANCY ERICKSON,

                                                             Secretary.