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H. Rept. 114-287 1 (2015-10-06)

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                     114TH CONGRESS 1                                   1 REPT. 114-287
                        1st Session    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES               Part 1







                        ELECTRICITY RELIABILITY AND FOREST PROTECTION
                                                     ACT



                      OCTOBER 6, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                       of the Union and ordered to be printed



                       Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
                                           submitted the following


                                              REPORT

                                                together with

                                            DISSENTING VIEWS

                                            [To accompany H.R. 2358]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
                     bill (H.R. 2358) to amend the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
                     ment Act of 1976 to enhance the reliability of the electricity grid
                     and reduce the threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission
                     and distribution facilities on Federal lands by facilitating vegeta-
                     tion management on such lands, having considered the same, re-
                     port favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that
                     the bill as amended do pass.
                       The amendment is as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

                     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                     This Act may be cited as the Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act.
                     SEC. 2. VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, FACILITY INSPECTION, AND OPERATION AND MAINTE-
                            NANCE ON FEDERAL LANDS CONTAINING ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DIS-
                            TRIBUTION FACILITIES.
                      (a) IN GENERAL.-Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
                      (43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
                      SEC. 512. VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, FACILITY INSPECTION, AND OPERATION, AND MAIN-
                            TENANCE RELATING TO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY
                            RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
                      (a) GENERAL DIRECTION.-In order to enhance the reliability of the electricity
                      grid and reduce the threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission and dis-
                      tribution rights-of-way and related facilities and adjacent property, the Secretary,
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