US HB5744 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Revises requirements related to vegetation managment 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.
Title
Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones Act
Sponsors
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA] | Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR] | Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ] | Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT] |
Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA] | Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC] | Rep. Dusty Johnson [R-SD] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-02-04 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. |
2020-02-04 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. |
2020-02-03 | House | 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. |
2020-02-03 | House | 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. |
2020-02-03 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Property rights
Public lands and natural resources
Public utilities and utility rates
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Property rights
Public lands and natural resources
Public utilities and utility rates
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5744/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5744/BILLS-116hr5744ih.pdf |