H.R. 2492 · 119th Congress
Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
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- House Introduced Mar 31, 2025
- House Passed May 13, 2025
This bill allows the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to expedite the removal of trees or other vegetation near electrical lines on their lands under certain circumstances.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 31, 2025
Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
This bill allows the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to expedite the removal of trees or other vegetation near electrical lines on their lands under certain circumstances. Specifically, the Forest Service and the BLM may include in special use permits or easements provided to electrical utilities permission to cut, remove, and sell trees or other vegetation near electrical lines on such lands without a separate timber sale if the cutting or removal is consistent with (1) any applicable land and resource management plan, and (2) other applicable environmental laws.
A special use permit or easement that includes permission for cutting and removal of trees or vegetation must include a requirement that, if the applicable electrical utility sells any portion of the material removed under the permit or easement, the utility must provide to the Forest Service or the BLM any proceeds received from the sale, less any transportation costs incurred in the sale.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
Latest action (May 14, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 31, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Mar 31, 2025
- House Passed May 13, 2025
No recorded floor vote found.