S 3219 — Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025
Last action — Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced November 19, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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In Committee
Current position in the legislative process.
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2 sponsors
1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
In plain language
This bill concerns the Albuquerque Indian School and aims to manage its affairs.
The Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025 focuses on the administration and operation of the Albuquerque Indian School. It aims to address specific issues related to the school and its impact on the community.
Summary
Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025This 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 and the relocation of all federal tenants, the bill requires (1) the GSA to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the land to the Department of the Interior, and (2) Interior to take the land into trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos.The land taken into trust must be subject to a right-of-way easement, as determined by the GSA, on the federal land located within Tract 1 for purposes of retrieving or relocating federal property from the land to another location. (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.
Bill Text
- Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html November 19, 2025
What Congress says this changes
S. Rept. 119-153Published by the reporting committee Not generated — this is the committee's own “Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported”.
Source: S. Rept. 119-153 · govinfo
Action History
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Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sponsors
- Ben Ray Luján · Cosponsor
- Martin Heinrich · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 545 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Heinrich, Martin Democratic
Co-sponsors (1)
- Luján, Ben Ray Democratic
Not signed on (545)
545 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 545 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does S 3219 do?
- Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025This 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 and the relocation of all federal tenants, the bill requires (1) the GSA to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the land to the Department of the Interior, and (2) Interior to take the land into trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos.The land taken into trust must be subject to a right-of-way easement, as determined by the GSA, on the federal land located within Tract 1 for purposes of retrieving or relocating federal property from the land to another location. (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.
- Who sponsors S 3219?
- S 3219 is sponsored by Luján, Ben Ray (Democratic) and Heinrich, Martin (Democratic).
- What is the current status of S 3219?
- This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced November 19, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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