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Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2026

A bill to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Introduced November 19, 2025 Cosponsors 1 (1 D) Latest action October 5, 2026

Summary

Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025
This 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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Oct 5, 2026 Held at the desk.
  2. Oct 5, 2026 Received in the House.
  3. Oct 5, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  4. Sep 29, 2026 Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5145-5146; text: CR S5145-5146)
  5. Sep 23, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 682.
  6. Sep 23, 2026 Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-153.
  7. Aug 5, 2026 Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  8. Jun 3, 2026 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
  9. Nov 19, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  10. Nov 19, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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