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Lawmaker urges support for University of Utah Research Park bill
Summary
An unidentified member of Congress urged colleagues on the House floor to support the University of Utah Research Park Act (referred to in the transcript as "HR 28 76"), saying it would resolve legal uncertainty over BLM-conveyed land and protect a research park that houses more than 50 companies and nearly 14,000 employees.
An unidentified member of Congress (labeled "Speaker 1" in the transcript) spoke on the House floor to press for support of the University of Utah Research Park Act, which the speaker said had passed unanimously out of the Natural Resources Committee in September.
The speaker framed the bill as a legislative fix to longstanding questions about the university’s use of land that was conveyed by the Bureau of Land Management in 1968 for academic and research purposes. "This legislation addresses legal uncertainty surrounding the…
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