The record

LegislationLegislation· May 2025
HR 2492 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Salud O. Carbajal (D)

Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

Lets utilities clear trees near power lines on federal lands without separate timber sales.

Tradeoff

Speeds up vegetation removal for fire prevention near electrical infrastructure on national forests and BLM land. Utilities must share proceeds from selling removed material with the government.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the House by on May 13, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Mar 31, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Mar 31, 2025)

    The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.

  3. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (May 13, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry(May 14, 2025)