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H. Rept. 119-282 1 (2025-09-15)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahqv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-282 MAKE SWAPS EFFICIENT ACT OF 2025 SEPTEMBER 15, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1676] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1676) to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora- tion 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, having considered the same, reports favor- ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 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. SEC. 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 wild- life 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 59-006