Feral Swine Eradication Act

II 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 16, 2023 Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. TUBERVILLE, and Mr. WARNOCK) 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 reau- thorize the feral swine eradication and control pilot pro- gram, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Feral Swine Eradi- 4 cation Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:21 May 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1613.IS S1613 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 1613 IS SEC. 2. FERAL SWINE ERADICATION AND CONTROL PRO- 1 GRAM. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2408 of the Agriculture 3 Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 8351 note; Public 4 Law 115–334) is amended— 5 (1) in the section heading, by striking 6 ‘‘PILOT’’; 7 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘pilot pro- 8 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘program (referred to in this 9 section as the ‘program’)’’; 10 (3) in subsection (b)— 11 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 12 by striking ‘‘pilot’’; 13 (B) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by 14 striking ‘‘the pilot areas’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible 15 areas’’; 16 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘pilot’’ 17 and inserting ‘‘eligible’’; 18 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 19 (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 20 (E) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 21 following: 22 ‘‘(3) after the Secretary determines that feral 23 swine have been eradicated from an eligible area, en- 24 sure that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 25 Service and the Natural Resources Conservation 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:21 May 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1613.IS S1613 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •S 1613 IS Service continue monitoring that area for the reoc- 1 currence of feral swine for a period of 1 year;’’; 2 (4) in each of subsections (c), (e), (f), and (g), 3 by striking ‘‘pilot program’’ each place it appears 4 and inserting ‘‘program’’; 5 (5) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘the pilot 6 areas’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible areas’’; 7 (6) in subsection (e), in the subsection heading, 8 by striking ‘‘PILOT’’ and inserting ‘‘ELIGIBLE’’; 9 (7) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘2019 10 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 2028’’; 11 and 12 (8) by adding at the end the following: 13 ‘‘(h) REPORTS.—Not later than 2 years, and not 14 later than 4 years and 6 months, after the date of enact- 15 ment of this subsection, the Administrator of the Animal 16 and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Chief of the 17 Natural Resources Conservation Service, acting jointly, 18 shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 19 and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agri- 20 culture of the House of Representatives and make publicly 21 available on the website of the Department of Agriculture 22 a report that— 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:21 May 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1613.IS S1613 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •S 1613 IS ‘‘(1) describes, for the period beginning on the 1 date of the establishment of the program and ending 2 on the date of the submission of the report— 3 ‘‘(A) activities carried out under the pro- 4 gram, including— 5 ‘‘(i) the number of counties in which 6 feral swine are no longer present; and 7 ‘‘(ii) estimated reductions in agri- 8 culture and natural resource damage, and 9 improvements to human and livestock 10 health and safety, as a result of feral swine 11 removal; 12 ‘‘(B) the use of funding made available 13 under this section, including the number of 14 counties in each State provided funding; and 15 ‘‘(C) the roles of the Animal and Plant 16 Health Inspection Service and the Natural Re- 17 sources Conservation Service and agricultural 18 producers provided financial assistance under 19 this section in carrying out activities under the 20 program; and 21 ‘‘(2) includes— 22 ‘‘(A) a determination by the Administrator 23 of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 24 Service and the Chief of the Natural Resources 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:21 May 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1613.IS S1613 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •S 1613 IS Conservation Service as to the extent to which 1 the program has been successful; and 2 ‘‘(B) any recommendations for improve- 3 ments to the program.’’. 4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con- 5 tents for the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public 6 Law 115–334; 132 Stat. 4491) is amended by striking 7 the item relating to section 2408 and inserting the fol- 8 lowing: 9 ‘‘Sec. 2408. Feral swine eradication and control program.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:21 May 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1613.IS S1613 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB