H.R. 2492

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · May 14, 2025 · Committee: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Table of contents

• H.R. 2492
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Permits and agreements with electrical utilities

SEC. 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—
    • any applicable land and resource management plan; and
    • 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:
    • The term means— covered Federal lands
    • The term means— Secretary concerned