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Search Results: keywords:"tree removal"

S. 349 — 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.
January 30, 2025
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:119
Words:391
S. 349, also known as the "Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025," allows the Secretary of Agriculture to give permission for trees and vegetation to be cut and removed around electrical lines on National Forest System lands without needing to conduct a separate timber...
Simple Explanation
This bill lets the Secretary of Agriculture give permission for trees to be cut down around power lines in national forests without needing a special sale. If the trees are sold for money, the profits are shared with the Forest Service.
H. R. 2492 — 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.
March 31, 2025
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:119
Words:565
H.R. 2492, also known as the “Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025,” aims to give the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior the authority to allow the removal of trees near electrical lines on certain federal lands without requiring a timber sale. This would apply...
Simple Explanation
The bill lets the people in charge of forests and lands allow workers to cut down trees near power lines without selling the wood, but if they sell it, they have to give the money (after paying to move it) back to the government.

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