119th Congress · introduced in the House · Mar 31, 2025
Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
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Latest action (May 14, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Mar 31, 2025)
Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
This bill allows the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to expedite the removal of trees or other vegetation near electrical lines on their lands under certain circumstances. Specifically, the Forest Service and the BLM may include in special use permits or easements provided to electrical utilities permission to cut, remove, and sell trees or other vegetation near electrical lines on such lands without a separate timber sale if the cutting or removal is consistent with (1) any applicable land and resource management plan, and (2) other applicable environmental laws.
A special use permit or easement that includes permission for cutting and removal of trees or vegetation must include a requirement that, if the applicable electrical utility sells any portion of the material removed under the permit or easement, the utility must provide to the Forest Service or the BLM any proceeds received from the sale, less any transportation costs incurred in the sale.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1983)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1983)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2492.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1983-1984)
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$24,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ms and substance abuse prevention. National Weather Service Funding AM Radio availability in new cars FEMA Disaster Relief Funding H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act H.R. 1 FY25 Budget Reconciliation; repeal of SNAP, Medicaid, and renewable fuels provisions H.R. 3520 Protect Patriot Parents Act H.R.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COUNTY OF VENTURA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Labor, Health and Human Services funding for public health and prevention, mental health programs and substance abuse prevention. H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act opposition to S. 2175/H.R. 4146, the Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act S. 2651, the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 15, 2026 · issue area: Utilities
Amount not reported
…cipated as a representative of Alaska. We met with congressional offices from Alaska and Washington. We advocated for: H.R. 471/S.1462, the Fix our Forest Act; H.R 2492/s.349, the Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act; supported the forestry title provisions in the Farm Bill (H.R. 7576); H.R. 4669 the FEMA Reform Act; H.R. 164 th…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION (NWPPA) · lobbying firm or registrant: DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 14, 2026 · issue area: Utilities
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Wildfire management policy: S.1462/H.R.471, Fix Our Forests Act; H.R.2492/S.349, Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025; H.R.7567, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. Grid reliability, energy generation and transmissio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES DISTRICT · lobbying firm or registrant: SUSAN STOHR
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Aug 17, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$15,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…l use" permit language; Discussions Wildfire Risk Reduction, Reliability, and Asset Protection (WRAP) Project; Fix Our Forests Act S. 1462/H.R. 471 (Title II); H.R 2492/S. 349; Public Law 102-575 (CVPIA) section 3406; H.R 7567 Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 (Title VIII-Forestry); H.R 2492/S. #49 Fire Safe Electri…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DESIMONE CONSULTING GROUP ON BEHALF OF THE NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LEBLANC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · amended · posted Aug 5, 2026 · issue area: Utilities
Amount not reported
Wildfire management policy: S.1462/H.R.471, Fix Our Forests Act; H.R.2492/S. 349, Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025; H.R.7567, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. Grid reliability, energy generation and transmissi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
COUNTY OF VENTURA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Labor, Health and Human Services funding for public health and prevention, mental health programs and substance abuse prevention. H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act opposition to S. 2175/H.R. 4146, the Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act S. 2651, the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$24,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ms and substance abuse prevention. National Weather Service Funding AM Radio availability in new cars FEMA Disaster Relief Funding H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act H.R. 1 FY25 Budget Reconciliation; repeal of SNAP, Medicaid, and renewable fuels provisions H.R. 3520 Protect Patriot Parents Act H.R.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…cipated as a representative of Alaska. We met with congressional offices from Alaska and Washington. We advocated for: H.R. 471/S.1462, the Fix our Forest Act; H.R 2492/s.349, the Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act; supported the forestry title provisions in the Farm Bill (H.R. 7576); H.R. 4669 the FEMA Reform Act; H.R. 164 th…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Utilities
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…cipated as a representative of Alaska. We met with congressional offices from Alaska and Washington. We advocated for: H.R. 471/S.1462, the Fix our Forest Act; H.R 2492/s.349, the Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act; supported the forestry title provisions in the Farm Bill (H.R. 7576); H.R. 4669 the FEMA Reform Act; H.R. 164 th…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION (NWPPA) · lobbying firm or registrant: DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 14, 2026 · issue area: Utilities
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Wildfire management policy: S.1462/H.R.471, Fix Our Forests Act; H.R.2492/S. 349, Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025; H.R.7567, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. Grid reliability, energy generation and transmissi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES DISTRICT · lobbying firm or registrant: SUSAN STOHR
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted May 4, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…l use" permit language; Discussions Wildfire Risk Reduction, Reliability, and Asset Protection (WRAP) Project; Fix Our Forests Act S. 1462/H.R. 471 (Title II); H.R 2492/S. 349; Public Law 102-575 (CVPIA) section 3406; H.R 7567 Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 (Title VIII-Forestry); H.R 2492/S. #49 Fire Safe Electri…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$24,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ms and substance abuse prevention. National Weather Service Funding AM Radio availability in new cars FEMA Disaster Relief Funding H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act H.R. 1 FY25 Budget Reconciliation; SNAP, Medicaid, and renewable fuels H.R. 3520 Protect Patriot Parents Act H.R. 2250 National Landsli…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COUNTY OF VENTURA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Labor, Health and Human Services funding for public health and prevention, mental health programs and substance abuse prevention. H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act opposition to S. 2175/H.R. 4146, the Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act S. 2651, the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION (NWPPA) · lobbying firm or registrant: DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 14, 2026 · issue area: Utilities
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Wildfire management policy: S.1462/H.R.471, Fix Our Forests Act; H.R.2492, Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025; H.R.7567, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. Grid reliability, energy generation and transmission, inc…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES DISTRICT · lobbying firm or registrant: SUSAN STOHR
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Feb 5, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$5,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…l use" permit language; Discussions Wildfire Risk Reduction, Reliability, and Asset Protection (WRAP) Project; Fix Our Forests Act S. 1462/H.R. 471 (Title II); H.R 2492/S. 349; Public Law 102-575 (CVPIA) section 3406.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 29, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$24,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ars FEMA Disaster Relief Funding Emergency Food Assistance Program Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Emergency Housing Voucher Program H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act H.R. 1 FY25 Budget Reconciliation; SNAP, Medicaid, and renewable fuels H.R. 3520 Protect Patriot Parents Act H.R. 2250 National Landsli…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COUNTY OF VENTURA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 29, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…and substance abuse prevention. USDA Avocado Inspection in Mexico Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Emergency Housing Voucher Program H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act Child Tax Credit opposition to S. 2175/H.R. 4146, the Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act S. 2651, the Renewing Opportunity in the American…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES DISTRICT · lobbying firm or registrant: SUSAN STOHR
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Dec 15, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$5,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…l use" permit language; Discussions Wildfire Risk Reduction, Reliability, and Asset Protection (WRAP) Project; Fix Our Forests Act S. 1462/H.R. 471 (Title II); H.R 2492/S. 349; Public Law 102-575 (CVPIA) section 3406.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$24,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ars FEMA Disaster Relief Funding Emergency Food Assistance Program Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Emergency Housing Voucher Program H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act H.R. 1 FY25 Budget Reconciliation; SNAP, Medicaid, and renewable fuels H.R. 3520 Protect Patriot Parents Act H.R. 2250 National Landsli…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COUNTY OF VENTURA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…and substance abuse prevention. USDA Avocado Inspection in Mexico Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Emergency Housing Voucher Program H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act Child Tax Credit opposition to S. 2175/H.R. 4146, the Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act S. 2651, the Renewing Opportunity in the American…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER AGENCY · lobbying firm or registrant: KANNER & ASSOCIATES, LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Sep 16, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues relating to the staffing shortages at the Bureau of Reclamation and the Western Area Power Administration Issues relating to the Central Valley Project H.R. 2492/S.249, the Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act H.R. 8790/S.1462, the Fix Our Forests Act Issues related to wildfire
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 22, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$270,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ection 204 in the House bill to provide categorical exclusions for vegetation management along power line rights-of-way on federal lands. Discussed support for H.R. 2492, the Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025 (all provisions). Discussed concerns with section 60062 in H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, provision to…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$24,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ars FEMA Disaster Relief Funding Emergency Food Assistance Program Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Emergency Housing Voucher Program H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act H.R. 1 FY25 Budget Reconciliation; SNAP, Medicaid, and renewable fuels H.R. 3520 Protect Patriot Parents Act H.R. 2250 National Landsli…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COUNTY OF VENTURA · lobbying firm or registrant: THOMAS WALTERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…and substance abuse prevention. USDA Avocado Inspection in Mexico Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Emergency Housing Voucher Program H.R. 471 Fix our Forests Act H.R. 2492 Fire Safe Corridors Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing