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