Bill Details
S.1207 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced Date
2025-03-31
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
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This bill would make the federal feral swine control effort a permanent program instead of a temporary pilot. Its main goal is to help states and federal agencies find, remove, and keep feral swine out of areas where they damage farms, wildlife habitats, and health. It also adds a one-year follow-up check after swine are believed to be gone from an area, increases funding for the program, and requires detailed public reports on what the program has achieved.
- It changes the current “pilot program” into a regular program and updates the language throughout the law to match that change.
- It defines an “eligible area” as any part of a state where feral swine are considered a threat to agriculture, native ecosystems, or human or animal health, as determined by the Agriculture Secretary.
- After feral swine are removed from an area, the bill would require federal agencies to keep monitoring that area for one more year in case the animals return.
- It sets aside $75 million for fiscal years 2025 through 2030 and requires reports to Congress and the public at 2 years and again at 4 years and 6 months after the law takes effect. Those reports must describe work done, funding used, how many counties were cleared, and how successful the program has been.
Official Summaries
Feral Swine Eradication Act
This bill reauthorizes the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program through FY2030 and removes the pilot program designation. This Department of Agriculture (USDA) program responds to the threat feral swine pose to agriculture, native ecosystems, and human and animal health.
In addition, USDA must require the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to continue monitoring an area for reoccurrence of feral swine for one year after USDA determines that feral swine has been eradicated from an eligible area.
The bill requires 60% of the funds provided for the program to be allocated to APHIS and 40% of the funds to be allocated to the NRCS. (Under current law, the funds are divided evenly between APHIS and the NRCS).
Further, the bill includes new reporting requirements, which direct APHIS and the NRCS to submit a joint report to Congress on the program. This report must be publicly available on USDA's website.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1207 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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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
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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, 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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