Utah gets federal land for National Guard training, pays conveyance costs
H.R. 8384 — To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Utah National Guard located in Lehi, Utah, and for other purposes. · Filed by Burgess Owens (R-UT) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 20, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill authorizes the Secretary of the Army to transfer three parcels of federal land near Lehi, Utah to the Utah National Guard for military training and readiness purposes. The state must pay all conveyance costs (except environmental remediation), the federal government retains the right to reclaim the land if it stops being used for National Guard activities, and existing easements and restrictions on the property remain in effect.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is a straightforward transfer of federal real property to a state military entity with standard protective covenants and cost-sharing provisions. This is routine federal-to-state property conveyance legislation.
What the text implies
- The reversionary interest clause gives the Secretary unilateral discretion to reclaim the land if National Guard use ceases, potentially creating future disputes over what constitutes adequate 'training and readiness' activity.
- State must pay all conveyance costs upfront but may not use federal funds; this creates a state budget impact that may not be widely visible in federal appropriations.
- Existing easements and restrictions (including the Utah Lake Irrigation Company canal right-of-way noted in the legal description) remain binding on the transferred property, potentially limiting future state use.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The conveyance supports state military readiness and training infrastructure while protecting federal interests through reversionary clauses and cost-sharing. Citizens benefit from improved National Guard facilities without federal subsidy (state bears conveyance costs), and the reversion mechanism ensures the land returns to federal control if misused.
Who stands to gain
- Utah National Guard (receives property transfer)
- State of Utah (acquires military infrastructure asset)
Named in the bill
Secretary of the Army, Utah National Guard, State of Utah, Camp Williams State Military Reservation, Utah Lake Irrigation Company, House Committee on Armed Services
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 3 Republicans.
- Apr 20, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Apr 20, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $720,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 45 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Burgess Owens, the sponsor, reported $133,666 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Information Technology Industry Council — $720,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 17, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,112 characters) on Jun 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 17, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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