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Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

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.

Introduced Jan 30, 2025

Latest action (Jan 30, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Referred to
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Legislative subjects (4)
Electric power generation and transmissionFiresForests, forestry, treesLicensing and registrations

Summary
  • The bill authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow electrical utilities to remove trees around power lines on National Forest System land without requiring a separate timber sale
  • Tree removal must be consistent with the forest's land and resource management plan and applicable environmental laws
  • If the utility sells any material from the removed trees, it must pay the proceeds (minus transportation costs) to the Department of Agriculture
  • The utility is not required to sell the removed material

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
  2. Jan 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 9497 — Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 7567 — Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 2492 — Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 2670 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 3 subjects)

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  • S 350 — Wildfire Emergency Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 345 — Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 2039 — Wildfire Risk Evaluation Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 3889 — National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 2038 — Wildfire Coordination Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 306 — Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025 · Passed Senate Sep 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 30, 2025

Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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.

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 National Forest System land provided to an electrical utility, the Secretary of Agriculture 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) the 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 of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, 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). <all>

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