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Calendar No. 303 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 893 

[Report No. 112–137] 

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 

MAY 5, 2011 

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

referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

JANUARY 26, 2012 

Reported by Mrs. BOXER, without amendment 

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, 

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Feral Swine Eradi3 cation and Control Pilot Program Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

6 (1) wetlands in Louisiana provide substantial 

7 cultural, economic, and ecological benefits to the 

8 United States and is essential to protecting coastal 

9 communities from flooding; 

10 (2) nonnative invasive feral swine populations 

11 in coastal Louisiana are increasing and severely im12 pacting wetlands, especially acreages recovering from 

13 the negative impacts of nutria herbivory; 

14 (3) Louisiana State University researchers have 

15 determined that feral swine damage to coastal wet16 lands is very similar to nutria damage but is more 

17 severe and may exceed the approximately 105,000 

18 acres previously impacted by nutria; and 

19 (4) methodologies developed for the State of 

20 Louisiana under the Coastwide Nutria Control Pro21 gram established under the Coastal Wetlands Plan22 ning, Protection and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

23 3951 et seq.) may provide the basis for the effective 

24 control and restoration of wetlands damage caused 

25 by feral swine. 

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1 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author2 ize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assist3 ance to the State of Louisiana for a pilot program to de4 velop measures to eradicate or control feral swine and to 

5 assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral swine. 

6 SEC. 3. FERAL SWINE ERADICATION AND CONTROL PILOT 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap9 propriations under subsection (e), the Secretary of the In10 terior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may 

11 provide financial assistance to the State of Louisiana to 

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

13 program— 

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

15 of damage to wetlands in the State caused by feral 

16 swine; 

17 (2) to develop methods to eradicate or control 

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

19 other States; and 

20 (3) to develop methods to restore wetlands 

21 damaged by feral swine. 

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

23 Secretary shall ensure that the pilot program consider and 

24 use, as appropriate, the knowledge and expertise gained 

25 through the activities carried out under— 

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1 (1) the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection 

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

3 (2) the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 

4 2003 (Public Law 108–16; 117 Stat. 621). 

5 (c) COST SHARING.— 

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

7 the costs of the pilot program under this section 

8 may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of car9 rying out the pilot program. 

10 (2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Fed11 eral share of the costs of the pilot program may be 

12 provided in the form of in-kind contributions of ma13 terials or services. 

14 (d) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

15 Not more than 10 percent of financial assistance provided 

16 by the Secretary under this section may be used for ad17 ministrative expenses. 

18 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

19 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

20 out this section such sums as are necessary for each of 

21 fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

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Calendar No. 303 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 893 

[Report No. 112–137] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to prorestore wetlands damaged by feral swine. eradicate or control feral swine and to assess and isiana for a pilot program to develop measures to vide financial assistance to the State of LouJANUARY 26, 2012 

Reported without amendment 

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