All Roll Calls
Yes: 371 • No: 33
119-hr-4219119th Congress
National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Passed House
Summary
Invasive species strike teams will be created and funded to detect, respond to, and manage invasive species on and near National Wildlife Refuge System lands. The Program requires at least one team in each U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service region and sets standards for training, data sharing, and coordinated responses.
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- Refuge managers get trained teams focused on prevention, early detection, rapid response, and habitat conservation or restoration. Teams use integrated pest management, monitoring, and evaluation to protect native biological communities.
- Owners of lands or waters adjacent to refuges control whether teams respond there; the Secretary may provide outreach, technical help, grants, contracts, or direct funding when requested and must coordinate with State and Tribal agencies.
- The Program builds partnerships across Federal, State, Tribal, local, nonprofit, and private groups and requires use of national and regional reporting platforms including the National Agricultural Pest Information System, the National Data Repository of the National Plant Diagnostic Network, the Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System, the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database (USGS), iMapInvasives, and State databases.
*Authorizes $10.0 million per year from 2027 through 2033 to carry out the Program, increasing federal spending by that amount.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Seven-year funding for strike teams
If enacted, Congress would be authorized to provide $10 million each year from 2027 through 2033 to run the program. This authorization would not guarantee money. Congress would still need to approve funds in future budgets.
Help for landowners battling invasives
If enacted, the Interior Department would be able to give money or technical help to governments, Tribes, schools, and private landowners who ask for it. Help could come as direct spending, contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements. The Department could also sign agreements to send a strike team when asked. Any help would depend on future funding approved by Congress.
Shared invasive species data and reports
If enacted, the program would use common species names and national databases to report invasive species, such as EDDMapS, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species, iMapInvasives, and State systems. The Secretary would also report to Congress and post public updates two years and five years after enactment. Each report would describe each team’s work and progress on priority invasive species.
Strike teams for wildlife refuges
If enacted, the Interior Department would set up at least one invasive species strike team in every Fish and Wildlife Service region. Teams would find and respond fast to harmful plants, animals, and other species on or near refuges. They would use integrated pest management and run trainings and table‑top drills. Work near non‑federal lands would be coordinated with States or Tribes, and teams would act on private land only if the owner asks. The bill would define key terms and make clear that “State” includes D.C. and all U.S. territories.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
HI • D
Cosponsors
Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
GU • R
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 9/14/2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yes: 371 • No: 33