SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION AC-
TIVITIES FROM CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL 
REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the 10-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this section, a haz-
ardous fuel reduction activity carried out on Federal 
land— 
(1) shall not be considered a major Federal ac-
tion for the purposes of section 102(2)(C) of the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)); and 
(2) may be carried out without regard to the 
provisions of law specified in subsection (b). 
(b) PROVISIONS OF LAW SPECIFIED.—The provisions 
of law specified in this subsection are all Federal laws, 
regulations, and legal requirements of, deriving from, or 
related to the subject of the following laws: 
(1) The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
(2) Division A of subtitle III of title 54, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘National 
Historic Preservation Act’’). 
(3) The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 
703 et seq.). 
(4) The Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 715 et seq.). 
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(c) CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENT.—Section 319 of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7619) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) CERTAIN AIR QUALITY MONITORING DATA EX-
CLUDED.—In the event a hazardous fuel reduction activity 
(as that term is defined in section 2(d) of the Green Tape 
Elimination Act of 2025) is carried out that the Adminis-
trator determines has a significant impact on air quality, 
the Administrator shall exclude air quality monitoring 
data that is directly due to such hazardous fuel reduction 
activity from use in determinations by the Administrator 
with respect to exceedances or violations of the national 
ambient air quality standard for any air pollutant.’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HAZARDOUS FUEL.—The term ‘‘hazardous 
fuel’’ means any vegetative material that is suscep-
tible to burning, including— 
(A) trees; 
(B) grasses; 
(C) shrubs; 
(D) sagebrush; 
(E) chaparral; and 
(F) any dead vegetative material on or 
near the ground. 
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(2) HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION ACTIVITY.— 
The term ‘‘hazardous fuel reduction activity’’ means 
an activity the purpose of which is— 
(A) the installation of— 
(i) a natural or manmade change in 
fuel characteristics that affects fire behav-
ior such that a fire can be more readily 
controlled (commonly known as a ‘‘fuel 
break’’); or 
(ii) a natural or constructed barrier 
used to stop or check a fire or to provide 
a control line from which to work to stop 
or check a fire (commonly known as a 
‘‘firebreak’’); or 
(B) to reduce hazardous fuels, including— 
(i) prescribed fire; 
(ii) wildland fire use; and 
(iii) the use of mechanical methods 
such as crushing, tractor and hand piling, 
thinning, pruning, cutting, or otherwise re-
moving hazardous fuels. 
Æ 
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