S. 3219 · 119th Congress

Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2026

Introduced on Nov 19, 2025 by Martin Heinrich (D-NM). One cosponsor. Latest action (Sep 29, 2026): Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5145-5146; text: CR S5145-5146)

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Nov 19, 2025
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Native Americans
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Geography and mapping
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Land transfers
  • Land use and conservation
  • New Mexico

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Nov 19, 2025). Public domain.

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 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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Martin HeinrichD-NMSponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Nov 19, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Nov 19, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  3. Jun 3, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
  4. Aug 5, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  5. Sep 23, 2026Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-153.
  6. Sep 23, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-153.
  7. Sep 23, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 682.
  8. Sep 29, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5145-5146; text: CR S5145-5146)
  9. Sep 29, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5145-5146; text: CR S5145-5146)

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Sources and method

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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.