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The bill moves small parcels into federal trust for 19 Pueblos—improving legal clarity and access to programs for tribal community uses—while preserving preexisting encumbrances, barring Class I–III gaming, and allowing a federal easement that could limit development and tribal control.
Members of 19 named Pueblos gain title held in trust to about 9.89 acres, enabling use of the parcels for education, health, cultural, business, and other community development purposes.
Putting the parcels into trust and requiring the Secretary to record a survey clarifies boundaries, reduces title uncertainty, and simplifies tribal administration and access to federal Indian programs tied to trust land.
A GSA-determined right-of-way easement on Tract 1 could restrict tribal development and may allow future Federal access to enter or remove property, limiting tribal control over the land.
The statute prohibits all Class I–III gaming on the parcels, preventing tribes from pursuing casino gaming as an economic development option tied to these lands.
Existing private and municipal encumbrances and utility agreements remain in effect on the parcels and could limit tribal uses, development plans, or revenue opportunities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Transfers ~9.89 acres of former Albuquerque Indian School federal land into trust for 19 New Mexico Pueblos for non-gaming educational, cultural, health, business, and economic uses.
Introduced November 19, 2025 by Melanie Ann Stansbury · Last progress November 19, 2025
Transfers about 9.89 acres of former Albuquerque Indian School federal land into trust for the benefit of 19 named New Mexico Pueblos, to be used for educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development purposes. The transfer must occur within 90 days after enactment once any federal tenants are relocated; the land will remain subject to existing private/municipal encumbrances and a limited right-of-way easement, and all gaming is explicitly prohibited on the property.