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US Congress · H.R. 2876 · Passed the House

University of Utah Research Park Act

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Introduced 2025-04-10
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Public Lands and Natural Resources

What it does

University of Utah Research Park Act This bill confirms the use by the University of Utah of approximately 593 acres of specified nonfederal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a university research park and for related university purposes (including development of student housing and a transit hub) as a valid public purpose.
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1Short title

This section would let the Act be called the University of Utah Research Park Act.

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the University of Utah Research Park Act .

2Confirmation of use of certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, for valid public purposes

This section would confirm that the University of Utah's use of about 593.54 acres of land in Salt Lake City as a university research park is a valid public purpose consistent with the requirements of the Act of June 14, 1926, known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. That land was conveyed to the university under the 1926 Act by a patent numbered 43-99-0012 and dated October 18, 1968, and is described as tracts D (excluding parcels numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), G, and J, in Township 1 South, Range 1 East, Salt Lake Meridian. The confirmed use is the research park use approved in a December 10, 1970 letter from the Secretary of the Interior to the university, along with any modifications to that approved plan of development and management that the Department of the Interior approved before this Act's date of enactment, and the confirmation is subject to the terms and conditions in that letter and those approvals. The section would also confirm as a valid public purpose under the same 1926 Act any other use of that land by the University of Utah that is consistent with use as a university research park and related university purposes, including development of student housing and a transit hub.

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2. Confirmation of use of certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, for valid public purposes (a) Confirmation of uses (1) In general The use by the University of Utah of the land described in subsection (b) as a University research park, as approved by the letter from the Secretary of the Interior to the University of Utah dated December 10, 1970, and any modifications of the approved plan of development and management approved by the Department of the Interior prior to the date of enactment of this Act, is confirmed as a valid public purpose consistent with the requirements of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act ) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq. ), subject to the terms and conditions included in the letter and approvals. (2) Other uses Any other uses of the land described in subsection (b) by the University of Utah that are consistent with use as a University research park and related university purposes (including development of student housing and a transit hub) are confirmed as valid public purposes consistent with the requirements of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act ) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq. ). (b) Description of non-Federal land The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 593.54 acres of land conveyed to the University of Utah under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act ) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq. ), by patent numbered 43–99–0012 and dated October 18, 1968, and more particularly described as tracts D (excluding parcels numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), G, and J, T. 1 S., R. 1 E., Salt Lake Meridian.

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-04-10

In the House.

Committee hearing · 2025-04-29
Passed the House · 2025-12-15
Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

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The numbers

29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
4
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate. (2025-12-16).