# H.R. 4219 (119th): National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025

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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: agency_reporting. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: conservation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_stewardship. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: invasive_species. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: stewardship. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: wildlife_refuge. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 296: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure pursues an ordinary and legitimate conservation good, namely managing invasive species on refuge lands. It does not directly restrain a named evil or advance a named moral harm. Its effects are prudential, so 'mixed' fits better than 'unclear' because the basic dispute is clear from the summary.
Theological note: The bill concerns faithful stewardship of God's creation, which Scripture assigns to humanity to tend and keep (Genesis 1:28; 2:15). Protecting habitats from ecological disruption fits that calling. Its relevance is administrative and prudential: it establishes a conservation program and reporting duty, without addressing a named moral wrong.

## Recorded votes

Roll 296: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 371 · Nay 33 · Other 28.

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