[114th Congress Public Law 69]
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               ALBUQUERQUE INDIAN SCHOOL LAND TRANSFER ACT

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Public Law 114-69
114th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 parcels of 
 Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State of 
            New Mexico. <<NOTE: Oct. 16, 2015 -  [S. 986]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Albuquerque 
Indian School Land Transfer Act.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Albuquerque Indian School Land 
Transfer 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) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``The Town 
        of Albuquerque Grant, Bernalillo County, within Township 10 
        North, Range 3 East, of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, New 
        Mexico--Metes and Bounds Survey'' and dated August 12, 2011.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means Secretary of 
        the Interior.
SEC. 3. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF 19 PUEBLOS.

    (a) Action by Secretary.--
            (1) <<NOTE: Determination.>>  In general.--The Secretary 
        shall take into trust all right, title, and interest of the 
        United States in and to the

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        Federal land described in subsection (b) for the benefit of the 
        19 Pueblos immediately after the Secretary determines that the 
        requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
        (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) have been satisfied regarding the trust 
        acquisition of the Federal land.
            (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 Federal land referred to in subsection 
(a)(1) is the 4 tracts of Federal land, the combined acreage of which is 
approximately 11.11 acres, that were historically part of the 
Albuquerque Indian School, more particularly described as follows:
            (1) Abandoned indian school road.--The approximately 0.83 
        acres located in sec. 7 and sec. 8 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the 
        New Mexico Principal Meridian in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as 
        identified on the map.
            (2) Southern part tract d.--The approximately 6.18 acres 
        located in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New Mexico 
        Principal Meridian in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified on 
        the map.
            (3) Tract 1.--The approximately 0.41 acres located in sec. 7 
        of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in 
        Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified on the map.
            (4) Western part tract b.--The approximately 3.69 acres 
        located in sec. 7 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., of the New Mexico 
        Principal Meridian in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as identified on 
        the map.

    (c) Survey.--The Secretary shall conduct a survey of the Federal 
land to be transferred consistent with subsection (b) and 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 Federal 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 Federal 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.
    (f) Bureau of Indian Affairs Use.--
            (1) In general.--The 19 Pueblos shall allow the Bureau of 
        Indian Affairs to continue to use the land taken into trust 
        under subsection (a) for the facilities and purposes as in 
        existence on the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance 
        with paragraph (2).
            (2) Requirements.--The use by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
        under paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) be free of any rental charge; and
                    (B) <<NOTE: Determination.>>  continue until such 
                time as the Secretary determines there is no further 
                need for the existing Bureau of Indian Affairs 
                facilities.

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SEC. 4. EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), Federal land taken into 
trust under section 3(a) shall be subject to Federal laws relating to 
Indian land.
    (b) Gaming.--No class I gaming, class II gaming, or class III gaming 
(as defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2703)) shall be carried out on the Federal land taken into trust under 
section 3(a).

    Approved October 16, 2015.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 986 (H.R. 1880):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114-271 (Comm. on Natural Resources) accompanying 
H.R. 1880.
SENATE REPORTS: No. 114-114 (Comm. on Indian Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 161 (2015):
            Sept. 22, considered and passed Senate.
            Oct. 6, considered and passed House.

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