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A concurrent resolution — meaning a formal statement of position from the Legislature and Governor, not a new law — this measure declares Utah's support for creating a proposed research and development hub called the Minerals for Industrial, National, and Economic Security Center (MINES Center), which would provide shared laboratory facilities to help move new mineral extraction and processing technologies from research into commercial use. The resolution also urges the federal government to deliver critical minerals funding to states through block grants, calls on Utah's congressional delegation to back the MINES Center effort, and asks those members of Congress to help secure a federal designation and funding for a critical minerals national laboratory in Utah.