# 116-hr-5744: Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones Act

116-hr-5744, Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5744
- Congress: 116
- Title: Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Introduced: 2020-02-03
- Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones Act This bill revises requirements related to vegetation management practices and forest management activities. The bill redefines hazard trees as trees that come within 50 feet (rather than 10 feet, as under current law) of an electric power line. Hazard trees are subject to certain management activities under current law. A vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan shall describe processes for consultation with private landowners with respect to hazard trees identified for removal. Such plans must be approved according to specified deadlines. The bill generally excludes specified forest management activities from certain environmental assessment and environmental impact statement requirements. Specifically, the bill excludes from these requirements (1) the development and approval of a vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan; and (2) the implementation of routine activities conducted under such a plan. The use of this exclusion shall not be subject to extraordinary circumstances procedures.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2020-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2020-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large] (R-MT), 2020-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2020-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2020-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2020-02-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act
- 116-hr-7483: Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act
- 116-hr-7061: American Critical Mineral Exploration and Innovation Act of 2020
- 116-hr-5588: WHOLE Act of 2020
- 116-hr-19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019

## Sources
- [116-hr-5744 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5744)

## Related
- [116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6742)
- [116-hr-7483: Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7483)
- [116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7278)
- [116-hr-7061: American Critical Mineral Exploration and Innovation Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7061)
- [116-hr-5588: WHOLE Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5588)
- [116-hr-19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-19)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5744 (as of 2025-11-18).