HR 2492
Passed a chamber
Allows electric utilities to cut and remove trees and vegetation near power lines on National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands without a separate timber sale.
Official title: Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
31-MAR-2025
Referred
31-MAR-2025
Passed
13-MAY-2025
Senate
Received
14-MAY-2025
- Lets the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management permit utilities to clear trees and vegetation near distribution and transmission lines under special use permits or easements
- Requires that the cutting be consistent with applicable land and resource management plans and other environmental laws
- Requires utilities that sell removed material to give the proceeds to the Secretary concerned, minus transportation costs, though the material does not have to be sold
- Defines covered federal lands as National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (31-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 13-MAY-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Agriculture Committee (House)
- Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee (Senate)
Public Lands and Natural Resources
■ 2 R■ 1 D
2 Republicans
1 Democrat