Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6802

CLEAR Act of 2025

Forest Service: Blocking New Law Enforcement Rules

Dec 17, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: A house committeeNo action in 6 months

The CLEAR Act of 2025 is currently sitting in the House Committee on Agriculture. No action has been taken on this bill since December 2025, which means it has been stalled for six months. The committee must review the bill before it can move forward, but most bills like this never receive a vote.

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Unlikely to pass

This bill is supported by a specific group of lawmakers and targets a single agency rule, which usually makes it harder to pass without broad bipartisan support.

Key Points

This bill would stop the Forest Service from carrying out a new set of rules about what counts as a crime on federal forest lands. These rules were meant to update how the agency handles law enforcement and criminal charges for things like property damage or illegal activities.
Maloy and other sponsors are worried that the new rules give the federal government too much power over people visiting or working on public lands. They want to protect the authority of local sheriffs and make sure federal agencies do not overstep their bounds.
If this bill passes, the Forest Service would be banned from using the 2024 rules. The agency would have to go back to using its older rules or wait for Congress to approve a different plan for managing law enforcement on national forest land.

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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

Dec 17, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

CLEAR Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 6802

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Data Sources

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R: 7

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