HR 2492 ยท Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Introduced
- Mar 31, 2025
- Latest action
- May 14, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Salud O. Carbajal [D-CA-24]
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Cosponsors
- 3
Summary
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.
Recent actions
- May 14, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- May 13, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 13, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1983)
- May 13, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1983)
- May 13, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2492.
- May 13, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1983-1984)
- May 13, 2025 Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 18, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.