119-s1207

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1207 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1207

 To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the 
 feral swine eradication and control pilot program, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 31, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Warnock, Mrs. 
 Britt, and Mr. Ossoff) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
 Forestry

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the 
 feral swine eradication and control pilot program, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Feral Swine Eradication Act''.

SEC. 2. FERAL SWINE ERADICATION AND CONTROL PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--

Section 2408 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (7 U.S.C. 8351 note; Public Law 115-334) is amended--

    (1) in the section heading, by striking ``pilot'';

    (2) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``pilot program'' 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 the Secretary determines 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 the eligible area 
 for the reoccurrence of feral swine for a period of 1 year;'';

    (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) (1) , by striking ``the pilot areas'' 
 and inserting ``eligible areas'';

    (6) by striking subsection

    (e) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (e) Definition of Eligible Area.--In this section, 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) --
            (i) by striking ``2023 and'' and inserting 
 ``2023,''; and
            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
 inserting ``, and $75,000,000 for the period of 
 fiscal years 2025 through 2030.''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (2) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``50'' 
 and inserting ``40''; and
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking 
 ``50'' and inserting ``60''; and

    (8) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (h) Reports.--Not later than 2 years, and not later than 4 years 
and 6 months, after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the 
Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation 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 Agriculture a report that--
 ``

    (1) describes, for the period beginning on the date of 
 the establishment of the program and ending on the date of the 
 submission of the report--
 ``
        (A) 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 agriculture 
 and natural resource damage, and improvements 
 to human and livestock health and safety, as a 
 result of feral swine removal;
 ``
        (B) the use of funding made available under this 
 section, including the number of counties in each State 
 provided funding; and
 ``
            (C) the roles of the Animal and Plant Health 
 Inspection Service and the Natural Resources 
 Conservation Service and agricultural producers 
 provided financial assistance under this section in 
 carrying out activities under the program; and
 ``

    (2) includes--
 ``
        (A) a determination by the Administrator of the 
 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the 
 Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service as 
 to the extent to which the program has been successful; 
 and
 ``
        (B) any recommendations for improvements to the 
 program.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334; 132 Stat. 
4491) is amended by striking the item relating to 

section 2408 and 
inserting the following:

``

Sec. 2408. Feral swine eradication and control program.''.
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