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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1676 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to require the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Secretary of the Interior to approve the wildlife conservation and restora- |
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| 7 | 7 | | tion program of a State within a certain period of time. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. D |
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| 11 | 11 | | ONALDS(for himself and Mr. MOSKOWITZ) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act |
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| 15 | 15 | | to require the Secretary of the Interior to approve the |
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| 16 | 16 | | wildlife conservation and restoration program of a State |
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| 17 | 17 | | within a certain period of time. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Make SWAPs Efficient 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘Make State Wildlife Action Plans 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Efficient Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 1676 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. TIMING OF APPROVAL OF WILDLIFE CONSERVA-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | TION AND RESTORATION PROGRAM. 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 4(e)(3) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c(e)(3)) is amended— 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘, not later than 180 days after 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the date on which the State submitted the com-6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | prehensive plan,’’ after ‘‘, the Secretary’’; 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) by striking ‘‘, as redesignated’’; 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) by striking ‘‘If the Secretary’’ and inserting 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(A) If the Secretary’’; and 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (4) by adding at the end the following: 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(B) If the Secretary finds under subpara-12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | graph (A) that a comprehensive plan submitted 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | by a State complies with paragraph (1) and 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | does not approve the wildlife conservation and 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | restoration program of the State under sub-16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | paragraph (A) within the 180-day period de-17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | scribed in that subparagraph, the wildlife con-18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | servation and restoration program of the State 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | shall be deemed to be approved by the Sec-20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | retary under that subparagraph as of the date 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | on which the 180-day period ends and the Sec-22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | retary shall set aside amounts as described in 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | that subparagraph.’’. 24 |
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