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S. 349 119th Congress Senate

Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit removal of trees around electrical lines on National Forest System land without conducting a timber sale, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 30, 2025 Introduced by: Alex Padilla Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Electric power generation and transmissionFiresForests, forestry, treesLicensing and registrations
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Jan 30, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

This bill allows the Forest Service to expedite the removal of trees or other vegetation near electrical lines on its lands under certain circumstances. Specifically, the Forest Service 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) the 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 any proceeds received from the sale, less any transportation costs incurred in the sale.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2492 Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 13

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION
    for ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION · Alaska · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
    for NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION (NWPPA) · Washington · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • SUSAN STOHR
    for TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES DISTRICT · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • LEBLANC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC
    for DESIMONE CONSULTING GROUP ON BEHALF OF THE NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION
    for ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION · Alaska · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
    for NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION (NWPPA) · Washington · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jul 15, 2025
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jul 9, 2025
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Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Jun 25, 2025
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Jan 30, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 349: Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-349/
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"S. 349: Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-349/.
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S. 349, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-349/.
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