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S 349 119th Congress

Fire-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.

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Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Latest action Jan 30, 2025 Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Public Lands and Natural Resources
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  1. Official action Congress.gov

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

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IntroductionIntroduced Introduced in the Senate. Congress.gov
Official actionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Senate Congress.gov
Official actionIntroduced in Senate No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Library of Congress · Code 10000 Congress.gov
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Introduced in Senate Jan 30, 2025

Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025This 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.

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