H.R. 6162 · Passed House · Native Americans

Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025

Sponsor: Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM)

What it does

• Transfer approximately 9.89 acres of federal land in Albuquerque, New Mexico into trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico within 90 days of enactment.
• Convey ownership of buildings and structures on Tract 1 (approximately 3.57 acres) to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center to own in fee, including a 76,682 square-foot warehouse.
• Require the land to be used for educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development purposes benefiting the 19 Pueblos.
• Prohibit gaming on the land taken into trust.

Official 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, 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…

Latest action

Jun 3, 2026: Received in the Senate.

Committee: House Natural Resources