Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1676 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1676

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to require the
  Secretary of the Interior to approve the wildlife conservation and
    restoration program of a State within a certain period of time.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2025

 Mr. Donalds (for himself and Mr. Moskowitz) introduced the following
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to require the
  Secretary of the Interior to approve the wildlife conservation and
    restoration program of a State within a certain period of time.

    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 ``Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025''
or the ``Make State Wildlife Action Plans Efficient Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. TIMING OF APPROVAL OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
              PROGRAM.

    Section 4(e)(3) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act
(16 U.S.C. 669c(e)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, not later than 180 days after the date
        on which the State submitted the comprehensive plan,'' after
        ``, the Secretary'';
            (2) by striking ``, as redesignated'';
            (3) by striking ``If the Secretary'' and inserting ``(A) If
        the Secretary''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) If the Secretary finds under subparagraph (A)
                that a comprehensive plan submitted by a State complies
                with paragraph (1) and does not approve the wildlife
                conservation and restoration program of the State under
                subparagraph (A) within the 180-day period described in
                that subparagraph, the wildlife conservation and
                restoration program of the State shall be deemed to be
                approved by the Secretary under that subparagraph as of
                the date on which the 180-day period ends and the
                Secretary shall set aside amounts as described in that
                subparagraph.''.
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