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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1828 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2011 
Mr. BOUSTANY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Feral Swine Eradi-
cation and Control Pilot Program Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
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(1) wetlands in Louisiana provide substantial 
cultural, economic, and ecological benefits to the 
United States and is essential to protecting coastal 
communities from flooding; 
(2) nonnative invasive feral swine populations 
in coastal Louisiana are increasing and severely im-
pacting wetlands, especially acreages recovering from 
the negative impacts of nutria herbivory; 
(3) Louisiana State University researchers have 
determined that feral swine damage to coastal wet-
lands is very similar to nutria damage but is more 
severe and may exceed the approximately 105,000 
acres previously impacted by nutria; and 
(4) methodologies developed for the State of 
Louisiana under the Coastwide Nutria Control Pro-
gram established under the Coastal Wetlands Plan-
ning, Protection and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
3951 et seq.) may provide the basis for the effective 
control and restoration of wetlands damage caused 
by feral swine. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author-
ize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assist-
ance to the State of Louisiana for a pilot program to de-
velop measures to eradicate or control feral swine and to 
assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral swine. 
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SEC. 3. FERAL SWINE ERADICATION AND CONTROL PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations under subsection (e), the Secretary of the In-
terior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may 
provide financial assistance to the State of Louisiana to 
pay the Federal share of the cost of carrying out a pilot 
program— 
(1) to study and assess the nature and extent 
of damage to wetlands in the State caused by feral 
swine; 
(2) to develop methods to eradicate or control 
feral swine in the State that may also be used in 
other States; and 
(3) to develop methods to restore wetlands 
damaged by feral swine. 
(b) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall ensure that the pilot program consider and 
use, as appropriate, the knowledge and expertise gained 
through the activities carried out under— 
(1) the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection 
and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3951 et seq.); and 
(2) the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 
2003 (Public Law 108–16; 117 Stat. 621). 
(c) COST SHARING.— 
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(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the costs of the pilot program under this section 
may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of car-
rying out the pilot program. 
(2) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Fed-
eral share of the costs of the pilot program may be 
provided in the form of in-kind contributions of ma-
terials or services. 
(d) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
Not more than 10 percent of financial assistance provided 
by the Secretary under this section may be used for ad-
ministrative expenses. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section such sums as are necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 
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