HR 1676 — Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025

changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italics, and existing law in which no 
change is proposed is shown in roman):

 PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT

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SEC. 4. ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.

 (a) Set-Aside for Expenses for Administration of the Pittman-
Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act.--
 (1) In general.--
 (A) Set-aside.--For fiscal year 2001 and each 
 fiscal year thereafter, of the revenues 
 (excluding interest accruing under section 
 3(b)) covered into the fund for the fiscal 
 year, the Secretary of the Interior may use not 
 more than the available amount specified in 
 subparagraph (B) for the fiscal year for 
 expenses for administration incurred in 
 implementation of this Act, in accordance with 
 this subsection and section 9.
 (B) Available amounts.--The available amount 
 referred to in subparagraph (A) is--
 (i) for the fiscal year that includes 
 November 15, 2021, the product obtained 
 by multiplying--
 (I) $12,786,434; and
 (II) the change, relative to 
 the preceding fiscal year, in 
 the Consumer Price Index for 
 All Urban Consumers published 
 by the Department of Labor; and
 (ii) for each fiscal year thereafter, 
 the sum obtained by adding--
 (I) the available amount 
 specified in this subparagraph 
 for the preceding fiscal year; 
 and
 (II) the product obtained by 
 multiplying--
 (aa) the available 
 amount specified in 
 this subparagraph for 
 the preceding fiscal 
 year; and
 (bb) the change, 
 relative to the 
 preceding fiscal year, 
 in the Consumer Price 
 Index for All Urban 
 Consumers published by 
 the Department of 
 Labor.
 (2) Period of availability; apportionment of 
 unobligated amounts.--
 (A) Period of availability.--For each fiscal 
 year, the available amount under paragraph (1) 
 shall remain available for obligation for use 
 under that paragraph until the end of the 
 subsequent fiscal year.
 (B) Apportionment of unobligated amounts.--
 (i) In general.--Not later than 60 
 days after the end of a fiscal year, 
 the Secretary of the Interior shall 
 apportion among the States any of the 
 available amount under paragraph (1) 
 that remained available for obligation 
 pursuant to subparagraph (A) during 
 that fiscal year and remains 
 unobligated at the end of that fiscal 
 year.
 (ii) Requirement.--The available 
 amount apportioned under clause (i) 
 shall be apportioned on the same basis 
 and in the same manner as other amounts 
 made available under this Act were 
 apportioned among the States for the 
 fiscal year in which the amount was 
 originally made available.
 (b) Apportionment to States.--The Secretary of the Interior, 
after deducting the available amount under subsection (a), the 
amount apportioned under subsection (c), any amount apportioned 
under section 8A, and amounts provided as grants under sections 
10 and 11, shall apportion the remainder of the revenue in said 
fund for each fiscal year among the several States in the 
following manner: One-half in the ratio which the area of each 
State bears to the total area of all the States, and one-half 
in the ratio which the number of paid hunting-license holders 
of each State in the second fiscal year preceding the fiscal 
year for which such apportionment is made, as certified to said 
Secretary by the State fish and game departments, bears to the 
total number of paid hunting-license holders of all the States. 
Such apportionments shall be adjusted equitably so that no 
State shall receive less than one-half of 1 per centum nor more 
than 5 per centum of the total amount apportioned. The term 
fiscal year as used in this Act shall be a period of twelve 
consecutive months from October 1 through the succeeding 
September 30, except that the period for enumeration of paid 
hunting-license holders shall be a State's fiscal or license 
year.
 (c) Apportionment of Revenues From Pistols, Revolvers, Bows, 
and Arrows.--
 (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2),\1/2\ of 
 the revenues accruing to the fund under this Act each 
 fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year 1975) from 
 any tax imposed on pistols, revolvers, bows, and arrows 
 shall be apportioned among the States in proportion to 
 the ratio that the population of each State bears to 
 the population of all the States.
 (2) Condition.--The amount apportioned to each State 
 under paragraph (1) shall be not greater than 3 percent 
 and not less than 1 percent of the revenues described 
 in such paragraph and Guam, the Virgin Islands, 
 American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana 
 Islands shall each be apportioned one-sixth of 1 per 
 centum of such revenues.
 (3) Population determination.--For the purpose of 
 this subsection, population shall be determined on the 
 basis of the latest decennial census for which figures 
 are available, as certified by the Secretary of 
 Commerce.
 (4) Use of funds.--In addition to other uses 
 authorized under this Act, amounts apportioned under 
 this subsection may be used for hunter recruitment and 
 recreational shooter recruitment.
 (d) Apportionment of Wildlife Conservation and Restoration 
Account.--
 (1) The Secretary of the Interior shall make the 
 following apportionment from the Wildlife Conservation 
 and Restoration Account:
 (A) to the District of Columbia and to the 
 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal 
 to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof.
 (B) to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
 Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
 Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more 
 than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof.
 (2)(A) The Secretary of the Interior, after making 
 the apportionment under paragraph (1), shall apportion 
 the remaining amount in the Wildlife Conservation and 
 Restoration Account for each fiscal year among the 
 States in the following manner:
 (i) one-third of which is based on the ratio 
 to which the land area of such State bears to 
 the total land area of all such States; and
 (ii) two-thirds of which is based on the 
 ratio to which the population of such State 
 bears to the total population of all such 
 States.
 (B) The amounts apportioned under this paragraph 
 shall be adjusted equitably so that no such State shall 
 be apportioned a sum which is less than one percent of 
 the amount available for apportionment under this 
 paragraph for any fiscal year or more than five percent 
 of such amount.
 (3) Of the amounts transferred to the Wildlife 
 Conservation and Restoration Account, not to exceed 3 
 percent shall be available for any Federal expenses 
 incurred in the administration and execution of 
 programs carried out with such amounts.
 (e) Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Programs.--
 (1) Any State, through its fish and wildlife 
 department, may apply to the Secretary of the Interior 
 for approval of a wildlife conservation and restoration 
 program, or for funds from the Wildlife Conservation 
 and Restoration Account, to develop a program. To 
 apply, a State shall submit a comprehensive plan that 
 includes--
 (A) provisions vesting in the fish and 
 wildlife department of the State overall 
 responsibility and accountability for the 
 program;
 (B) provisions for the development and 
 implementation of--
 (i) wildlife conservation projects 
 that expand and support existing 
 wildlife programs, giving appropriate 
 consideration to all wildlife;
 (ii) wildlife-associated recreation 
 projects; and
 (iii) wildlife conservation education 
 projects pursuant to programs under 
 section 8(a); and
 (C) provisions to ensure public participation 
 in the development, revision, and 
 implementation of projects and programs 
 required under this paragraph.
 (D) Wildlife conservation strategy.--Within 
 five years of the date of the initial 
 apportionment, develop and begin implementation 
 of a wildlife conservation strategy based upon 
 the best available and appropriate scientific 
 information and data that--
 (i) uses such information on the 
 distribution and abundance of species 
 of wildlife, including low population 
 and declining species as the State fish 
 and wildlife department deems 
 appropriate, that are indicative of the 
 diversity and health of wildlife of the 
 State;
 (ii) identifies the extent and 
 condition of wildlife habitats and 
 community types essential to 
 conservation of species identified 
 under paragraph (1);
 (iii) identifies the problems which 
 may adversely affect the species 
 identified under paragraph (1) or their 
 habitats, and provides for priority 
 research and surveys to identify 
 factors which may assist in restoration 
 and more effective conservation of such 
 species and their habitats;
 (iv) determines those actions which 
 should be taken to conserve the species 
 identified under paragraph (1) and 
 their habitats and establishes 
 priorities for implementing such 
 conservation actions;
 (v) provides for periodic monitoring 
 of species identified under paragraph 
 (1) and their habitats and the 
 effectiveness of the conservation 
 actions determined under paragraph (4), 
 and for adapting conservation actions 
 as appropriate to respond to new 
 information or changing conditions;
 (vi) provides for the review of the 
 State wildlife conservation strategy 
 and, if appropriate, revision at 
 intervals of not more than ten years;
 (vii) provides for coordination to 
 the extent feasible the State fish and 
 wildlife department, during the 
 development, implementation, review, 
 and revision of the wildlife 
 conservation strategy, with Federal, 
 State, and local agencies and Indian 
 tribes that manage significant areas of 
 land or water within the State, or 
 administer programs that significantly 
 affect the conservation of species 
 identified under paragraph (1) or their 
 habitats.
 (2) A State shall provide an opportunity for public 
 participation in the development of the comprehensive 
 plan required under paragraph (1).
 (3) [If the Secretary] (A) If the Secretary finds 
 that the comprehensive plan submitted by a State 
 complies with paragraph (1), the Secretary, not later 
 than 180 days after the date on which the State 
 submitted the comprehensive plan, shall approve the 
 wildlife conservation and restoration program of the 
 State and set aside from the apportionment to the State 
 made pursuant to subsection (d)[, as redesignated] an 
 amount that shall not exceed 75 percent of the 
 estimated cost of developing and implementing the 
 program.
 (B) Upon submission of a comprehensive plan by a 
 State under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
 conditionally authorize the implementation of the 
 wildlife 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
 (ii) approval of the wildlife conservation 
 and restoration programs of such States.
 (E) Not later than June 1 of the year immediately 
 following the year in which a State submits a 
 comprehensive plan under paragraph (1), if the 
 Secretary does not approve the wildlife conservation 
 and restoration program of the State under subparagraph 
 (A) within the time described in that subparagraph, the 
 Secretary shall submit to the Chair and Ranking Member 
 of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
 Representatives and the Environment and Public Works 
 Committee of the Senate a report regarding the status 
 of such comprehensive plan and including the reason why 
 the wildlife conservation and restoration program was 
 not so approved.
 (4)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), after 
 the Secretary approves a State's wildlife conservation 
 and restoration program, the Secretary may make 
 payments on a project that is a segment of the State's 
 wildlife conservation and restoration program as the 
 project progresses. Such payments, including previous 
 payments on the project, if any, shall not be more than 
 the United States pro rata share of such project. The 
 Secretary, under such regulations as he may prescribe, 
 may advance funds representing the United States pro 
 rata share of a project that is a segment of a wildlife 
 conservation and restoration program, including funds 
 to develop such program.
 (B) Not more than 10 percent of the amounts 
 apportioned to each State under this section for a 
 State's wildlife conservation and restoration program 
 may be used for wildlife-associated recreation.
 (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term 
 ``State'' shall include the District of Columbia, the 
 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
 American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
 Mariana Islands.

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