Utah town gets 24 acres of federal forest land for public use
S. 1860 — Brian Head Town Land Conveyance Act · Filed by Mike Lee (R-UT) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced May 22, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to give Brian Head Town, Utah, approximately 24 acres of National Forest System land from the Dixie National Forest at no cost. The town must use the land for public safety infrastructure, public works facilities, or public recreational access; if it uses the land for other purposes, the federal government can reclaim it after notice and a hearing.
Why we flagged it
This is a straightforward federal land transfer to a municipal government for specified public purposes, with built-in reversion protections. It is routine intergovernmental conveyance legislation.
What the text implies
- The 24-acre conveyance removes land from federal forest management and places it under local control; long-term environmental stewardship standards may differ between federal and municipal oversight.
- Reversion is discretionary (at the Secretary's discretion), not automatic, creating potential for political negotiation if the town's use drifts from stated purposes.
- The bill does not specify what happens to any revenue or resources the town may generate from the land (e.g., leasing, mineral rights, or commercial use of recreational facilities), potentially creating an unanticipated local revenue stream.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The conveyance transfers federal land to a local government for stated public purposes (safety, public works, recreation) with reversion protections ensuring accountability. Citizens of Brian Head gain access to land for public infrastructure and recreation; the reversion clause protects the public interest by preventing misuse.
Named in the bill
Brian Head Town, Utah, Dixie National Forest, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, State of Utah
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- May 22, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- May 22, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources”
- Dec 2, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held”
- Dec 17, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
4 lobbying clients named this bill on 6 disclosure filings across 3 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $470,009 in lobbying spend. A filing names 19 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 72% of bills with at least one filing.
Mike Lee, the sponsor, reported $241,000 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- California Hospital Association — $410,000 on 1 filing
- Backcountry Hunters & Anglers — $26,409 on 2 filings
- Open Space Institute, Inc. — $20,000 on 1 filing
- The Conservation Alliance — $13,600 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 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 (2,139 characters) on Aug 9, 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 Dec 2025 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 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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