[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3520 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3520

  To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing a Forest 
Service rule relating to criminal prohibitions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 17, 2025

    Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Lee) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing a Forest 
Service rule relating to criminal prohibitions, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Law Enforcement Authority 
Restoration Act of 2025'' or the ``CLEAR Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INVALIDING FOREST SERVICE RULE RELATING TO CRIMINAL 
              PROHIBITIONS.

    (a) In General.--The rule of the Forest Service entitled ``Law 
Enforcement; Criminal Prohibitions'' (89 Fed. Reg. 92808 (November 25, 
2024)) shall have no force or effect.
    (b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall not 
administer, implement, or enforce the rule described in subsection (a) 
or any substantially similar rule.
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