US HB2876

Confirms the University of Utah's use of approximately 593.54 acres of land in Salt Lake City as a University research park, as originally approved by the Secretary of the Interior on December 10, 1970

Validates the land use as a public purpose consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act of 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.)

Authorizes additional uses of the land consistent with a university research park, including development of student housing and a transit hub

Covers land conveyed to the University of Utah by patent numbered 43-99-0012 dated October 18, 1968, specifically described as tracts D (excluding parcels 1-5), G, and J in Township 1 South, Range 1 East, Salt Lake Meridian

Passed the House of Representatives on December 15, 2025