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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1965 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance 

to the State of Louisiana for a pilot program to develop measures 

to eradicate or control feral swine and to assess and restore wetlands 

damaged by feral swine. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 28, 2009 

Ms. LANDRIEU introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial 

assistance to the State of Louisiana for a pilot program 

to develop measures to eradicate or control feral swine 

and to assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral 

swine. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Feral Swine Eradi5 cation and Control Pilot Program Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) wetlands in Louisiana provide substantial 

2 cultural, economic, and ecological benefits to the 

3 United States and is essential to protecting coastal 

4 communities from flooding; 

5 (2) nonnative invasive feral swine populations 

6 in coastal Louisiana are increasing and severely im7 pacting wetlands, especially acreages recovering from 

8 the negative impacts of nutria herbivory; 

9 (3) Louisiana State University researchers have 

10 determined that feral swine damage to coastal wet11 lands is very similar to nutria damage but is more 

12 severe and may exceed the 90,000 acres previously 

13 impacted by nutria; and 

14 (4) methodologies developed for the State of 

15 Louisiana under the Coastwide Nutria Control Pro16 gram established under the Coastal Wetlands Plan17 ning, Protection and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

18 3951 et seq.) may provide the basis for the effective 

19 control and restoration of wetlands damage caused 

20 by feral swine. 

21 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author22 ize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assist23 ance to the State of Louisiana for a pilot program to de24 velop measures to eradicate or control feral swine and to 

25 assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral swine. 


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1 SEC. 3. FERAL SWINE ERADICATION AND CONTROL PILOT 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap4 propriations under subsection (e), the Secretary of the In5 terior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may 

6 provide financial assistance to the State of Louisiana to 

7 pay the Federal share of the cost of carrying out a pilot 

8 program— 

9 (1) to study and assess the nature and extent 

10 of damage to wetlands in the State caused by feral 

11 swine; 

12 (2) to develop methods to eradicate or control 

13 feral swine in the State that may also be used in 

14 other States; and 

15 (3) to develop methods to restore wetlands 

16 damaged by feral swine. 

17 (b) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 

18 Secretary shall ensure that the pilot program consider and 

19 use, as appropriate, the knowledge and expertise gained 

20 through the activities carried out under— 

21 (1) the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection 

22 and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3951 et seq.); and 

23 (2) the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 

24 2003 (Public Law 108–16; 117 Stat. 621). 

25 (c) COST SHARING.— 


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1 (1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

2 the costs of the pilot program under this section 

3 may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of car4 rying out the pilot program. 

5 (2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Fed6 eral share of the costs of the pilot program may be 

7 provided in the form of in-kind contributions of ma8 terials or services. 

9 (d) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

10 Not more than 10 percent of financial assistance provided 

11 by the Secretary under this section may be used for ad12 ministrative expenses. 

13 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

14 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

15 out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 

16 through 2013. 

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