--- kind: "section" citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460uu–45" title: "16" title_heading: "Conservation" number: "460uu–45" heading: "Acoma Pueblo exchanges" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460uu-45" units: - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores" - "Subchapter CVI — El Malpais National Monument and Conservation Area" - "Part E — General Provisions" --- # §460uu–45. Acoma Pueblo exchanges - (a) **Lands to be exchanged—** - (1) Upon the request of the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) of Acoma, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) by exchange any lands held in [trust](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=4) for the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) of Acoma (hereinafter referred to as “[trust](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=4) lands”) located within the boundary of the conservation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) which the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) wishes to exchange pursuant to this section. Such [trust](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=4) lands shall be exchanged either for— - (A) lands described in [subsection (c)](#c) (with respect to [trust](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=4) lands west of New Mexico Highway 117); or - (B) [public lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=7) of approximately equal value located outside the monument and outside the conservation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) but within the boundaries of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of New Mexico which are selected by the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) of Acoma, so long as such exchange is consistent with applicable law and Bureau of Land Management resource [management plans](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) developed pursuant to the [Federal Land](/usc/16/3102.md?p=2) Policy and Management Act of 1976 [[43 U.S.C. 1701](/usc/43/1701.md) et seq.]. - (2) All lands selected by and transferred to the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) of Acoma at its request pursuant to this section shall thereafter be held in [trust](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=4) by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) for the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) of Acoma in the same manner as the lands for which they were exchanged. - (3) Any lands west of New Mexico Highway 117 which are acquired by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) pursuant to this section shall be incorporated into the monument and managed accordingly, and [section 460uu–3 of this title](/usc/16/460uu–3.md) and all other provisions of this subchapter and other law applicable to lands designated by this subchapter as part of the monument shall apply to such incorporated lands. - (b) **Public lands available for exchange—** For purposes of acquiring lands pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) of this section, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), consistent with applicable law and Bureau of Land Management resource [management plans](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) described in [subsection (a)](#a), shall make [public lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=7) within the boundaries of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of New Mexico available for exchange. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as authorizing or requiring revocation of any existing withdrawal or classification of public land except in a manner consistent with applicable law. - (c) **Public lands available for transfer; management of lands not exchanged or transferred—** - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall make the lands within the [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) identified as “Acoma Potential Exchange [Areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A)” on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) referenced in [section 460uu–21 of this title](/usc/16/460uu–21.md) available for transfer to the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) of Acoma pursuant to this subsection. - (2) Upon a request of the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) of Acoma submitted to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) no later than one year after December 31, 1987, lands within the [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) described in [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall be transferred to the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) of Acoma in exchange for [trust](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=4) lands of approximately equal value within that portion of the conservation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) west of New Mexico Highway 117. The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may require exchanges of land under this subsection to be on the basis of compact and contiguous parcels. - (3) Any lands within the [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) described in [paragraph (1)](#c-1) not proposed for exchange by a request submitted to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) by the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) of Acoma within the period specified in [paragraph (2)](#c-2), and any lands in such [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) not ultimately transferred pursuant to this subsection, shall be incorporated within the conservation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) and managed accordingly. In [addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2), any lands in that portion of the [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) described in [paragraph (1)](#c-1) lying in [section 1](/usc/16/1.md), township 7N, range 9W, New Mexico Principal Meridian, not transferred to the [Pueblo](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=10) of Acoma pursuant to this subsection shall be added to and incorporated within the Cebolla [Wilderness](/usc/16/3102.md?p=13) and managed accordingly. ## Source credit (Pub. L. 100–225, title V, § 505, Dec. 31, 1987, 101 Stat. 1545.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### References in Text The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(B), is Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 43 and Tables.