# 119-hr-2492: Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

119-hr-2492, Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2492
- Congress: 119
- Title: Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-03-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-15

## Summary

**Allows removal of trees and other vegetation around electrical distribution and transmission lines on National Forest and BLM lands without a separate timber sale.** This bill would let the Secretary concerned approve removal of trees or other vegetation near electrical lines on covered Federal lands through special use permits or easements, so long as the work follows applicable land and resource management plans and environmental laws. - Electric utilities: If a permit or easement authorizes removal, a utility may remove and keep or sell the material; if the utility sells any removed material it must give the Secretary the sale proceeds minus transportation costs, though the sale is not required. - Federal land managers: For National Forest System lands the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Forest Service, and for BLM lands the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, would include these removal authorities in permits and easements. *The sources include no explicit funding, appropriation, tax, or budgetary changes.*

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Easier tree clearing on federal land: benefit, medium. If enacted, federal land officials could let utilities cut and remove trees near power lines on National Forest and BLM lands. No separate timber sale would be needed. The work would still have to follow land plans and environmental laws. If a utility sells any removed wood, it would send the sale…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4852: Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2492 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2492)

## Related
- [119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4275)
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-4852: Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4852)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2492 (as of 2026-07-15).