House · Roll call 315 · 1st session · June 21, 2017 A vote to pass H.R. 1873, the Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act.

How each party voted

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

The bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, for lands under their respective jurisdictions, to ensure that all existing and future rights-of-way for electrical transmission and distribution facilities include requirements for utility vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance activities. A Yes vote passes the bill in the House.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act (Sec.2)This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to lands under their respective jurisdictions, to ensure that all existing and future rights-of-way for electrical transmission and distribution facilities on such lands include requirements for utility vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance activities that: are developed in consultation with the holder of the right-of-way; enable the owner or operator of a facility to operate and maintain it in good working order and comply with federal, state, and local electric system reliability and fire safety requirements; and minimize the need for case-by-case or annual approvals, and instead provide for expedited review and approval, for routine vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance activities within existing electrical transmission and distribution rights-of-way, as well as utility vegetation management activities necessary to control hazard trees within or adjacent to electrical transmission and distribution rights-of-way.