[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1613 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1613

  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

                              May 16, 2023

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

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                                 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, ensure that the Animal 
        and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Natural Resources 
        Conservation Service continue monitoring that 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) in subsection (e), in the subsection heading, by 
        striking ``Pilot'' and inserting ``Eligible'';
            (7) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``2019 through 2023'' 
        and inserting ``2024 through 2028''; 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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