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H.R. 2492 119th Congress House

Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to permit removal of trees around electrical lines on National Forest System lands … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to permit removal of trees around electrical lines on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands, respectively, without conducting a timber sale, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 31, 2025 Introduced by: Salud O. Carbajal Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Electric power generation and transmissionFiresForests, forestry, treesLicensing and registrations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
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.
Mar 31, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced in House
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 349 Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
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 Lobbying activity 29

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Costa, Jim
California · Mar 31, 2025
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Mar 31, 2025
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Valadao, David G.
California · Mar 31, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2492: Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2492/
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"H.R. 2492: Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2492/.
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H.R. 2492, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2492/.
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