Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1676
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2025-02-27
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: State and local government operations

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 238.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 238 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1676 [Report No. 119–282] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2025 Mr. Donalds (for himself and Mr. Moskowitz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources September 15, 2025 Additional sponsors: Mr. Rutherford , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Mr. Guest , Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida , Mr. Buchanan , Mr. Webster of Florida , Mr. Haridopolos , and Mr. James September 15, 2025 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 27, 2025 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.

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 . 2. Timing of approval of wildlife conservation 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 comprehensive 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 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 Secretary 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 immediately 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 subparagraph (A) within the time described in that subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Environment and Public Works Committee of the Senate a report regarding the status of such comprehensive plan and including the reason why the wildlife conservation and restoration program was not so approved. .

September 15, 2025 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1676 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2025 Mr. Donalds (for himself and Mr. Moskowitz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 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.

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 . 2. Timing of approval of wildlife conservation 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 comprehensive 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) If the Secretary finds under subparagraph (A) that a comprehensive plan submitted by a State complies with paragraph (1) and does not approve the wildlife conservation and restoration program of the State under subparagraph (A) within the 180-day period described in that subparagraph, the wildlife conservation and restoration program of the State shall be deemed to be approved by the Secretary under that subparagraph as of the date on which the 180-day period ends and the Secretary shall set aside amounts as described in that subparagraph. .