Upper Price River Watershed Project Act of 2026
Summary
What This Bill Does
At Price City's request, the Interior Secretary, acting through BLM, must convey all federal title in roughly 124.23 mapped acres near Price, Utah, outside the usual Federal Land Policy and Management Act planning and disposal procedures but subject to valid existing rights. The final reported text narrows the introduced authority from any city-defined public purpose to construction of a reservoir and related infrastructure, plus public-safety, transportation, use, and access infrastructure connected to that reservoir. BLM must keep the map available and may correct minor errors. If the City uses the parcel for an unauthorized purpose, Interior may reclaim title after consulting Utah and giving the City notice, a requested hearing, public comment, and a reasonable opportunity to cure the nonconforming use.
Who Benefits and How
Price City gains a direct statutory route to acquire land for the Upper Price River reservoir and supporting infrastructure. Local water users, residents, emergency services, travelers, and recreation users may benefit from added storage, access, transportation, and public-safety capacity. Existing rights holders retain their rights.
Who Bears the Burden and How
BLM realty staff must survey, document, and complete the conveyance and administer any later nonconforming-use review. Price City must limit the parcel to authorized reservoir-related purposes. Federal land users lose federal control of the parcel. Price City faces potential reversion, while Interior and Utah must provide the prescribed process before title can return.
Key Provisions
- Requires conveyance of approximately 124.23 mapped BLM acres to Price City.
- Limits authorized uses to a reservoir and related safety, transportation, use, and access infrastructure.
- Protects valid existing rights and public access to the controlling map.
- Provides a discretionary federal reverter with notice, hearing, comment, and cure safeguards.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires Interior to convey approximately 124.23 acres of BLM land to Price, Utah for a reservoir and related public-safety, transportation, and access infrastructure.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Water Infrastructure, Local Government
Primary Purpose
Requires Interior to convey approximately 124.23 acres of BLM land to Price, Utah for a reservoir and related public-safety, transportation, and access infrastructure.
Policy Domains
Upper Price River Watershed Project Act of 2026
Identified Gains
- Price City
- Upper Price River water users
- Price residents
- Local emergency services
Identified Costs
- Bureau of Land Management realty staff
- Price City property officials
- Federal land users
- Utah consultation officials
Sponsors
Mike Lee
R-UT | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
ReportedPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee …
Reported by Mr. Lee, with an amendment
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, …
Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bureau of Land Management realty staff, Federal legislative records staff, Price City
Positive-direction: Price City, State of Utah
Negative-direction: Bureau of Land Management realty staff, Price City property officials
Existing rights holders, Federal land users, Price residents
Positive-direction: Existing rights holders, Price residents, Upper Price River water users
Negative-direction: Federal land users
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "recipient"
- → City of Price, Utah
- "transferor"
- → Secretary of the Interior acting through BLM
- "affected_public"
- → Water users, residents, and reservoir visitors
- "consulted_government"
- → State of Utah
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