I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3984 
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the 
feral swine eradication and control pilot program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2023 
Mr. MOORE of Alabama (for himself and Ms. CROCKETT) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reau-
thorize the feral swine eradication and control pilot pro-
gram, and for other purposes. 
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 Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FERAL SWINE ERADICATION AND CONTROL PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2408 of the Agriculture 
Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 8351 note; Public 
Law 115–334) is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘PILOT’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘pilot pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘program (referred to in this 
section as the ‘program’)’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘pilot’’; 
(B) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by 
striking ‘‘the pilot areas’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible 
areas’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘pilot’’ 
and inserting ‘‘eligible’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) after determining that feral swine have 
been eradicated from an eligible area, require the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service to continue 
monitoring such eligible area for the reoccurrence of 
feral swine for a period of 1 year;’’; 
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(4) in each of subsections (c), (e), (f), and (g), 
by striking ‘‘pilot program’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘program’’; 
(5) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘In 
carrying out subsection (b)(5), the Secretary’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the pilot 
areas’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible areas’’; 
(6) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE AREAS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out the program in eligible areas. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE AREA DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘eligible area’ means an area of a 
State in which feral swine have been identified as a 
threat to agriculture, native ecosystems, or human 
or animal health, as determined by the Secretary.’’; 
(7) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2019 
through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 
2028’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘50 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘40 percent’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘50 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘60 percent’’; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) DATA
COMPILATION.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service and the Chief of the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service, acting jointly shall 
compile the necessary information to submit a report 
under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 4.5 years after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Admin-
istrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service and the Chief of the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service, acting jointly, shall submit to the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of 
the House of Representatives and make publicly 
available on the website of the Department of Agri-
culture a report that— 
‘‘(A) describes, for the period beginning on 
the date of the establishment of the program 
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and ending on the date of the submission of the 
report— 
‘‘(i) activities carried out under the 
program, including— 
‘‘(I) the number of counties in 
which feral swine are no longer 
present; and 
‘‘(II) estimated reductions in ag-
riculture and natural resource dam-
age, and improvements to human and 
livestock health and safety, as a result 
of feral swine removal; 
‘‘(ii) the use of funding made avail-
able under this section, including the num-
ber of counties in each State provided 
funding; and 
‘‘(iii) the roles of the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service and the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service 
and agricultural producers provided finan-
cial assistance under this section in car-
rying out activities under the program; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) a determination by the Adminis-
trator of the Animal and Plant Health In-
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