Sec. 2402. Feral swine eradication and control program
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Chapter 5 of subtitle D of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839bb et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 1240M the following: The Secretary shall establish a feral swine eradication and control program (in this section referred to as the program ) to respond to the threat feral swine pose to agriculture, native ecosystems, and human and animal health. In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall— study and assess the nature and extent of damage to the threatened areas caused by feral swine; develop methods to eradicate or control feral swine in the threatened areas; develop methods to restore damage caused by feral swine; and provide financial assistance to agricultural producers in threatened areas.
The Secretary may provide financial assistance to agricultural producers under the program to implement methods to— eradicate or control feral swine in the threatened areas; and restore damage caused by feral swine. The Secretary shall ensure that the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service coordinate for purposes of this section through State technical committees established under section 1261(a). The Federal share of the costs of activities under the program may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such activities.
The non-Federal share of the costs of activities under the program may be provided in the form of in-kind contributions of materials or services. In this section, the term threatened area means an area of a State in which feral swine have been identified as a threat to agriculture, native ecosystems, or human and animal health, as determined by the Secretary. Of the funds made available under section 1241(a)(3)(A), the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $150,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
Of the funds made available under paragraph (1)— 40 percent shall be allocated to the Natural Resources Conservation Service to carry out the program, including the provision of financial assistance to producers for on-farm trapping and technology related to capturing and confining feral swine; and 60 percent shall be allocated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to carry out the program, including the use of established, and testing of innovative, population reduction methods.
Not more than 10 percent of funds made available under this section may be used for administrative expenses of the program. . Section 2408 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 7 U.S.C. 8351 note) is repealed. The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is amended by striking the item relating to section 2408.
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