CLEAR Act of 2025

Sponsor: Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican-WY)December 17, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Blocks a Forest Service rule about criminal acts, meaning people would not face its specific prohibitions.

This bill, called the CLEAR Act, would stop a specific Forest Service rule from being put into practice. This rule, published in November 2024, deals with criminal prohibitions. If passed, the government would not be able to enforce this rule, meaning people visiting national forests would not be subject to its specific criminal rules.

What Would Change

Today, a Forest Service rule titled "Law Enforcement; Criminal Prohibitions" (published November 25, 2024) has legal power and outlines specific criminal prohibitions. If this bill passes, that rule would lose all legal power immediately. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Forest Service would be blocked from enforcing it or any similar rule.

Key Provisions

Ends the legal power of the Forest Service rule titled "Law Enforcement; Criminal Prohibitions" (published November 25, 2024).
Blocks the Secretary of Agriculture from carrying out, putting into practice, or enforcing this rule.
Prevents the Secretary of Agriculture from enforcing any rule that is very similar to the invalidated one.

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CLEAR Act of 2025

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