Three bills affecting Utah’s infrastructure, the Great Salt Lake and public lands around the state’s parks are on their way to President Joe Biden’s desk after members of Utah’s delegation secured passage in both the House and Senate.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee said the bills were “big wins for Utah,” that will provide more local control of the state’s resources and will help secure the Great Salt Lake.
“If the Great Salt Lake keeps drying up, that would, of course, be an ecological disaster for about one hundred different reasons. We’re not about to let that happen,” he said, in an interview with the Deseret News.
Another two bills sponsored by Lee passed the Senate but still need to be taken up by the House. These include a bill that would establish a wildfire research institute at Utah State University, and another on energy production from the Glen Canyon Dam.
The three bills passed the House and Senate that are headed to the president’s desk include: