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H.R. 1676: Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025
119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-27 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Official title
Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025
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Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025 or the Make State Wildlife Action Plans Efficient Act of 2025 This bill modifies the State Wildlife Grant Program (SWGP) to establish a deadline for the Department of the Interior to approve state wildlife conservation and restoration programs. Under the SWGP, Interior provides funding to state wildlife agencies to implement their comprehensive plans (commonly known as state wildlife action plans or SWAPs) for state wildlife conservation and restoration programs. The bill directs Interior to approve a state wildlife conservation and restoration program within 180 days after the date on which the state submitted its SWAP if Interior finds that the SWAP complies with the requirements of the SWGP. If Interior misses the deadline, the bill requires (1) the SWAP to be automatically approved, and (2) Interior to set aside amounts under the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account for the state.
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Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] · 9 cosponsors
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- House roll call 316 (2025): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 1676 (2025-12-09): Passed
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr1676.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr1676 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills