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States and subcommittee debate deadlines and oversight for State Wildlife Action Plans
Summary
The subcommittee debated HR 1676, the Making SWAPs Efficient Act, which would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to approve state wildlife action plans within 180 days or allow them to be deemed approved.
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries heard June 26 on HR 1676, the Making SWAPs Efficient Act, which would set a 180‑day deadline for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approval of state wildlife action plans (SWAPs) after peer review.
Colonel Roger Young, executive director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, told the committee that states have experienced long delays — in some cases 18 months or more — when submitting SWAPs and that a six‑month deadline would bring needed predictability. "This bill would bring certainty…
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