A BILL 
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. 
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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 ‘‘Make SWAPs Efficient 
Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘Make State Wildlife Action Plans Effi-
cient Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. TIMING OF APPROVAL OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 
AND RESTORATION PROGRAM. 
Section 4(e)(3) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Res-
toration 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 comprehen-
sive 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 sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(C) The Secretary, in consultation with the 
States, shall develop a process to ensure sufficient and 
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timely review of comprehensive plans submitted by 
States under paragraph (1) and final approval of the 
wildlife conservation and restoration program of 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 Envi-
ronment and Public Works Committee of the Senate 
a report regarding the status of such comprehensive 
plan and including the reason why the wildlife con-
servation and restoration program was not so ap-
proved.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 238 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1676 
[Report No. 119–282] 
A BILL 
To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora-
tion Act to require the Secretary of the Interior 
to approve the wildlife conservation and restora-
tion program of a State within a certain period 
of time. 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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