HR 2876
Passed a chamber
Confirms the University of Utah's use of about 593 acres of Salt Lake City land as a research park and for related university purposes, including student housing and a transit hub.
Official title: University of Utah Research Park Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
10-APR-2025
Referred
10-APR-2025
Approved by committee
25-JUN-2025
Reported
15-SEP-2025
On the calendar
15-SEP-2025
Passed
15-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
16-DEC-2025
- Confirms the university's use of about 593.54 acres in Salt Lake City as a research park, subject to the terms of a 1970 Interior Department letter and approved plans.
- Confirms other university uses consistent with the research park, including student housing and a transit hub, as valid public purposes under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
- Covers land conveyed to the university in 1968 under that same Act, by patent 43-99-0012.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (15-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.govPublic Lands and Natural Resources
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