The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 2876 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Blake D. Moore (R)

University of Utah Research Park Act

Confirms the University of Utah's use of about 593 acres near Salt Lake City for a research park.

Tradeoff

No federal spending or revenue change. The bill simply affirms a land use that Interior approved in 1970.

What's in it

See official bill text

No federal cost or deficit impact over any time period.

This bill is essentially a land-use confirmation with zero federal administrative cost — it clarifies that the University of Utah may continue and expand its research park operations on federally conveyed land without triggering new federal expenditures or revenues.

H.R. 2876, University of Utah Research Park Act · Aug 2025

Passed the House by on December 15, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Apr 10, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Apr 10, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Jun 25, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-290.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 15, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Dec 16, 2025)