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HR 2492 · in committee · significant

Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • Forest Service and BLM can allow utilities to remove trees near power lines on public land without separate timber sales.
  • Electrical utilities operating on federal land are affected by streamlined permit processes.
  • Utilities must share sale proceeds from removed material with the government, minus transportation costs.

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  1. 01

    How should the revenue from timber sales be split between utilities and federal land management agencies to fairly compensate taxpayers?

  2. 02

    What environmental safeguards would prevent utilities from removing excessive vegetation under the streamlined permit process on public lands?

  3. 03

    Would faster permit approvals for tree removal near power lines measurably reduce wildfire risk compared to current management practices?

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Sponsor · D-CA-24

Salud O. Carbajal

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Introduced 2025-05-14

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-05-14 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  2. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1983)

  4. 2025-05-13 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1983)

  5. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2492.

  6. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1983-1984)

  7. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. 2025-04-18 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

  9. 2025-03-31 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  10. 2025-03-31 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  11. 2025-03-31 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  12. 2025-03-31 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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