Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025
Latest action · Jun 3, 2026 Received in the Senate.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 19, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 2, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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 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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 4, 2026.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Mar 4, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Nov 19, 2025Markup Apr 21, 2026Reported May 20, 2026 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2026Hearings Mar 4, 2026Discharged Apr 21, 2026 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2026Received in the Senate.
- Jun 2, 2026Passed/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)
- Jun 2, 2026Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 2, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3754-3755)
- Jun 2, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6162.
- Jun 2, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 20, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-663.
- May 20, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 577.
- Apr 21, 2026Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- Apr 21, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 21, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 4, 2026Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Feb 25, 2026Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Nov 19, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 19, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3754, H3755Text printed H3754 | Bruce Westerman R-AR, Melanie A. Stansbury D-NM | Jun 2, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 195, November 19, 2025, page H4818.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3219 | Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2026 | Identical bill | Oct 5, 2026 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2026Engrossed in House
- May 20, 2026Reported in House
- Nov 19, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
