119th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 349Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

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.

Public lands and natural resources
Introduced Jan 30, 2025
Last action Jan 30, 2025
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jan 30, 2025
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Referred
Jan 30, 2025
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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 ele...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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Timeline · 2 actions
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jan 30, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.