IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1676 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 10, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
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-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 CONSERVA-
TION 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 com-
prehensive 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) Upon submission of a comprehensive plan 
by a State under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
conditionally authorize the implementation of the 
wildlife conservation and restoration program of the 
State and shall set aside amounts as described in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) The Secretary, in consultation with the 
States, shall develop a process to ensure sufficient 
and timely review of comprehensive plans submitted 
by States under paragraph (1) and final approval of 
the wildlife conservation and restoration program of 
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such States not later than 180 days after the date 
on which a State submits such a comprehensive 
plan. 
‘‘(D) It is the intent of Congress that the Sec-
retary prioritize the— 
‘‘(i) timely review of comprehensive plans 
submitted by States under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) approval of the wildlife conservation 
and restoration programs of such States. 
‘‘(E) Not later than June 1 of the year imme-
diately following the year in which a State submits 
a comprehensive plan under paragraph (1), if the 
Secretary does not approve the wildlife conservation 
and restoration program of the State under subpara-
graph (A) within the time described in that subpara-
graph, the Secretary shall submit to the Chair and 
Ranking Member of the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the En-
vironment and Public Works Committee of the Sen-
ate a report regarding the status of such comprehen-
sive plan and including the reason why the wildlife 
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conservation and restoration program was not so ap-
proved.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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