[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 150 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S9218]
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                     ALBUQUERQUE INDIAN SCHOOL ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate now 
proceed to Calendar No. 925, S. 1193.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1193) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, and that any statements relating to this matter be printed 
in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1193) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1193

       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).

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