CLEAR Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The Community Law Enforcement Authority Restoration (CLEAR) Act of 2025 invalidates a Forest Service rule published on November 25, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 92808) that revised criminal prohibitions on national forest lands. The bill declares the rule has no force or effect and prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from administering, implementing, or enforcing it or any substantially similar rule.
Who Benefits and How
Local and state law enforcement agencies benefit from the restoration of prior authority arrangements on national forest lands. Local communities near national forests benefit if the invalidated rule would have altered existing law enforcement structures they relied upon. The bill preserves existing community-level law enforcement roles in forest areas.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Forest Service bears the burden of reverting to prior regulations and is prohibited from pursuing similar rulemaking in the future. Any policy objectives the November 2024 rule was intended to achieve are blocked, potentially leaving regulatory gaps the rule was designed to address.
Key Provisions
- Declares the Forest Service rule at 89 Fed. Reg. 92808 (November 25, 2024) has no force or effect
- Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from administering, implementing, or enforcing the rule
- Prohibits the Secretary from implementing any substantially similar rule
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Nullifies a November 2024 Forest Service rule on criminal prohibitions and bars the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing or enforcing it or any substantially similar rule, restoring prior law enforcement authority arrangements on national forest lands.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Law Enforcement, Government Regulation
Primary Purpose
Nullifies a November 2024 Forest Service rule on criminal prohibitions and bars the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing or enforcing it or any substantially similar rule, restoring prior law enforcement authority arrangements on national forest lands.
Policy Domains
Whole Bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Local and state law enforcement agencies
- Communities near national forests
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Forest Service (constrained rulemaking authority)
- Secretary of Agriculture
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …
Introduced in Senate
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
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