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The bill places small parcels into trust for 19 Pueblo communities—providing clarity, program access, and potential community benefits—while preserving encumbrances, a federal easement, and a gaming ban that limit certain development and economic options.
19 named Pueblos receive ~9.89 acres placed into federal trust for education, health, cultural, business, and economic development uses.
Tribal governments (the Pueblos) gain simplified land administration and improved access to federal Indian programs and benefits tied to trust land, making it easier to use federal resources.
The Secretary must record a survey in Bernalillo County public records, clarifying parcel boundaries and reducing title uncertainty for tribes and local governments.
The legislation prohibits all Class I–III gaming on the parcels, preventing tribes from using casino gaming as an economic development option.
Existing private and municipal encumbrances and utility agreements remain in effect and could limit tribal use, development options, and increase costs or delays.
A GSA-determined right-of-way easement on Tract 1 could restrict development and preserve future federal access that might include removal of property.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Transfers about 9.89 acres in Albuquerque into trust for 19 New Mexico Pueblos for education, health, cultural, business, and economic uses, preserves existing encumbrances, and bans gaming.
Introduced November 19, 2025 by Melanie Ann Stansbury · Last progress June 3, 2026
Transfers about 9.89 acres of Federal land in Albuquerque into trust for the benefit of 19 named New Mexico Pueblos, after Federal tenants are relocated. The legislation directs the General Services Administration to transfer administrative jurisdiction to the Department of the Interior, requires the Interior Secretary to accept title in trust, preserves existing encumbrances and utility agreements, allows an easement to recover Federal property, requires a recorded survey, restricts use to education, health, cultural, business, and economic development purposes, and explicitly prohibits all Class I–III gaming on the transferred parcels. It also includes a short-title provision for citation; no new appropriations are provided.