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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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117TH CONGRESS [REPT. 117-640
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
STAMP OUT INVASIVE SPECIES ACT
DECEMBER 14, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 6936]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6936) to provide for the issuance of a semipostal to ben-
efit programs that combat invasive species, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 6936 is to provide for the issuance of a
semipostal to benefit programs that combat invasive species.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Invasive species cause disease outbreaks, habitat destruction,
and species extinction.1 If an invasive species becomes established,
containment and eradication are expensive and almost impossible.2
In addition, habitat destruction, competition, and the spread of dis-
ease brought on by invasive species can all contribute to the extinc-
tion of native species. Approximately 75 percent of reptile, bird,
amphibian, and mammal extinctions have occurred on islands, and
invasive species played a role in most.3
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has several ongoing
programs to prevent, control, and eradicate invasive species in Na-
tional Wildlife Refuges and throughout the United States. Preven-
tive actions include preventing introductions by listing species as
injurious to prohibit importation and transport under the Lacey
1U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Invasive Species (online at www.fws.gov/program/invasive-
species/what-we-do).
2U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Aquatic Invasive Species: What We Do (online at
www.fws.gov/program/aquatic-invasive-species/what-we-do).
3U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Invasive Species: Management and Conservation (online at
www.fws.gov/program/invasive-species/what-we-do).
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