Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025
U.S. Congress · HR6162 ·
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What the bill says
Introduced 2025-11-19. Latest action: Received in the Senate.
Summary (plain-language)
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, the GSA must (1) relocate all federal tenants on the land, and (2) transfer administrative jurisdiction over the land to the Department of the Interior. Within 90 days after the relocation of federal tenants and transfer of administrative jurisdiction, the bill requires (1) Interior to take the land into trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos, and (2) the federal government to convey its ownership interests in buildings and other structures located within Tract 1 to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center to own in fee. (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.
Sponsors
- Melanie A. Stansbury (primary)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez
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Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | Received in the Senate. |
| 2026-06-02 | Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| 2026-06-02 | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3754-3755) |
| 2026-06-02 | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6162. |
| 2026-06-02 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3754-3755) |
| 2026-06-02 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3754-3755) |
| 2026-06-02 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2026-05-20 | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-663. |
| 2026-05-20 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 577. |
| 2026-04-21 | Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged |
| 2026-04-21 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2026-04-21 | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2026-03-04 | Subcommittee Hearings Held |
| 2026-02-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs. |
| 2025-11-19 | Introduced in House |
| 2025-11-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |