[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2492 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2492


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2025

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 AN ACT


 
  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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PERMITS AND AGREEMENTS WITH ELECTRICAL UTILITIES.

    (a) In General.--In any special use permit or easement on covered 
Federal lands provided to an electrical utility, the Secretary 
concerned may provide permission to cut and remove trees or other 
vegetation from within the vicinity of distribution lines or 
transmission lines without requiring a separate timber sale, if that 
cutting and removal is consistent with--
            (1) any applicable land and resource management plan; and
            (2) other applicable environmental laws (including 
        regulations).
    (b) Use of Proceeds.--A special use permit or easement that 
includes permission for cutting and removal described in subsection (a) 
shall include a requirement that, if the applicable electrical utility 
sells any portion of the material removed under the permit or easement, 
the electrical utility shall provide to the Secretary concerned any 
proceeds received from the sale, less any transportation costs incurred 
in the sale.
    (c) Effect.--Nothing in subsection (b) shall require the sale of 
any material removed under a permit or easement that includes 
permission for cutting and removal described in subsection (a).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered federal lands.--The term ``covered Federal 
        lands'' means--
                    (A) National Forest System lands; and
                    (B) lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        means--
                    (A) with respect to National Forest System lands, 
                the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief 
                of the Forest Service; and
                    (B) with respect to lands managed by the Bureau of 
                Land Management, the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
                through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 13, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.