Bills · 119th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced6/27/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 9/14/26
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 371–33 on September 14, 2026 (Roll Call 296 →). Received in the Senate on September 15, 2026. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 9/14/26Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic205 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Not voting
  • Republican165 Yea · 33 Nay · 19 Not voting
  • Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for the Invasive Species Strike Team program carried out by the National Wildlife Refuge System within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). This program operates teams in each FWS region that coordinate with public and private entities to address invasive species and related conservation issues in and around the National Wildlife Refuge System.

The bill requires FWS to report to Congress on the program's work and progress towards addressing invasive species that pose a major concern to the environment, human health, or the economy.

Full text on congress.gov ↗
Sponsor
Rep. Ed Case ( Democrat · HI-1)
Cosponsors
1
Introduced
6/27/25
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (19)
  1. 6/27/25Introduced in House
  2. 6/27/25Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E631)
  3. 6/27/25Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. 4/9/26Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
  5. 4/16/26Subcommittee Hearings Held
  6. 7/22/26Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
  7. 7/22/26Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. 7/22/26Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  9. 8/27/26Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-771.
  10. 8/27/26Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 672.
  11. 9/14/26Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  12. 9/14/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5560-5562)
  13. 9/14/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4219.
  14. 9/14/26At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  15. 9/14/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5598-5599)
  16. 9/14/26Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 371 - 33 (Roll no. 296). (text: CR H5560-5561)
  17. 9/14/26On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 371 - 33 (Roll no. 296). (text: CR H5560-5561)
  18. 9/14/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. 9/15/26Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.