S. 246: A bill to provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico.

108th Congress · introduced 2003-01-29 · Native Americans · Latest: Became Public Law No: 108-66.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-01-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 108-66. (final step reached)
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Official title

A bill to provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on June 9, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.) (Sec. 2) Declares the right, title, and interest of the United States in certain tracts of land in Rio Arriba County and in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico, to be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, respectively (including mineral rights), as part of the Santa Clara Reservation and the San Ildefonso Reservation. (Sec. 4) Directs the Office of Cadastral Survey to conduct a survey of the boundary lines between the properties. (Sec. 5) Subjects the trust lands and other lands in the Santa Clara Pueblo Grant and the San Ildefonso Pueblo Grant that are held by the respective tribes or subsequently acquired by them to the Pueblo Lands Act of 1924. Requires trust lands to be used only for traditional or customary uses or stewardship conservation. Prohibits trust lands from being used for any new commercial developments beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 6) Prohibits this Act from being construed to: (1) affect any person's (other than the United States') existing right-of-way, lease, permit, mining claim, grazing permit, water right, or other right or interest in or to the trust lands; (2) affect any existing right or claim of either Pueblo to any lands or interest in lands based upon Aboriginal or Indian title; or (3) constitute the reservation of water or water rights in the trust lands or any change in status of water rights of either Pueblo.

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Official text

A bill to provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 246, A bill to provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land (2003-05-29); CBO cost estimate: S. 246, A bill to provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land (2003-05-29)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s246.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s246 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108