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Jun 8CongressA Congressional Research Service report by Alicyn Gitlin lays out how federal land managers and reliability rules govern wildfire-driven vegetation clearing along power line rights-of-way, and flags pending bills meant to cut administrative delays.S. 1462H.R. 471H.R. 7567EnergyDetails2 linked
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