Provides links to other Web sites that contains information on Federal invasive species laws.

• General Legislative Information
• Federal Regulations
• Ballast Water Legislation

General Legislative Information

AgricultureLaw.com
AgricultureLaw.com.

Digest of Federal Resource Laws
DOI. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Federal Laws and Regulations
USA.gov.

FDsys (Federal Digital System): America's Authenic Government Information
United States Goverment Printing Office.
Note: See FDsys, which is GPO's official system of record. GPO Access will be archive-only Spring 2011. See FDsys FAQ (PDF | 144 KB) for more information.

Regulations.gov
Regulations.gov.
View and comment on Federal regulations and other actions

The National Agricultural Law Center
University of Arkansas. School of Law.

THOMAS - U.S. Congress on the Internet
Library of Congress.

U.S. Code Search
United States House of Representatives.
Note: Good for searching newer laws

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations and Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)
Government Printing Office.

U.S. Code Current Edition: Browse (2000 Edition) and U.S. Code: Search (1994 and 2000, older editions)
Government Printing Office.

U.S. Code
Cornell University. Legal Information Institute.
Note: Locate by titles and sections

Federal Regulations

APHIS' Quarantine 56 Regulations
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Effective Aug 16, 2007, APHIS implemented revised regulations pertaining to the importation of fruits and vegetables. Collectively, these regulations are commonly referred to as Quarantine 56 or the Q56 regulations. Overall, the Q56 revisions, which are now in effect, simplify and expedite APHIS' process for approving new imports and pest-free areas while continuing to allow for public participation in agency decisionmaking.

Facts About Federal Wildlife Laws (Apr 2000; PDF | 325 KB)
DOI. Fish and Wildlife Service.
This booklet is a guide to Federal laws that apply to the importation, exportation, trade, and sale of wildlife,
including live and dead animals and animal parts and products.

Federal (and State) Noxious Weeds in GRIN
USDA. ARS. Germplasm Resources Information Network.

Federal Noxious Weed List (Dec 10, 2010; PDF | 81 KB) and Noxious Weeds Program - Major Authorities and Regulations
USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.
See also - Noxious Weed Regulations (Electronic Code of Federal Regulations)

Federal Domestic Quarantine Notices - Title 7: Agriculture, Part 301
U.S. Government Printing Office. GPO Access.
Note: Current up to date of Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)

Injurious Wildlife and Injurious Wildlife: A Summary of the Injurious Provisions of the Lacey Act (Jun 2010; PDF | 688 KB) and Invasive Species Laws and Regulations
DOI. FWS. Division of Environmental Quality.

Invasive and Noxious Weeds - PLANTS Database
USDA. NRCS. National Plant Data Center.
Includes Federal Noxious Weed List and Composite list (summary of noxious status for all listed plants in the U.S.)

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (Dec 29, 2000; PDF | 259 KB)
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.

Non-Native Invasive Aquatic, Wetland and Upland Plants in the United States - Federal, Regional, State)
University of Florida. IFAS.

Nursery Stock Restrictions (2011; PDF | 2.9 MB)
USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine. 01/2011-43.
This document summarizes the entry status of regulated plant materials. All items included refer to plants and vegetative parts that are "for or capable of propagation" including buds, bulbs, corms, cuttings, layers, scions, seeds, tubers, and like structures. This update adds new entries from the Federal Noxious Weeds  List of Regulated Material (as per Federal Register 68950), to Chapter 3, List of Regulated Propagative Material.

Pesticide Regulations
Oregon State University. National Pesticide Telecommunications Network.

Plant Laws and Regulations
National Plant Board.

Regulations of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Title 7, Subtitle B, Chapter III, 2000 edition.

Regulated Pest List
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

State Noxious-Weed Seed Requirements Recognized in the Administration of the Federal Seed Act (2011; PDF | 416 KB)
USDA. Agricultural Marketing Service.
This publication contains information about the various State labeling requirements and prohibitions of noxious-weed seeds and shows the scientific names and common names according to the law and regulations of the particular State in which the seed is noxious. See Fair Trading Regulations - Seed Publications for more information and Items of Interest in Seed (publications for seed control officials and seed companies; updated Apr/Oct).

Ballast Water Legislation

Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters (Dec 20, 2010)
DHS. Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard is proposing new standards for controlling foreign organisms that might hitch a ride to the United States in a ship's ballast water (view rule). The new standards are expected to be published Apr 2011. The proposal also would establish new procedures for approving onboard equipment to clean ballast water before discharge. For the first time, the regulation sets upper limits for the number of organisms per unit of ballast water. The current rules only require vessels to make mid-ocean ballast exchanges, a control technique that has frequently been attacked as inadequate to prevent the introduction of alien species into U.S. waters. The Coast Guard's proposal closely follows recommendations adopted last month by the International Maritime Organization's marine pollution committee.

The Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (NANCPA 90) mandated ballast water management for vessels entering the Great Lakes. This law was reauthorized as the National Invasive Species Act of 1996 (NISA 96), which required the development of voluntary ballast management guidelines for all other ships entering U.S. waters. The law also requires all vessels that enter U.S. territorial waters (with certain exemptions) to manage ballast water according to prescribed measures. Additional requirements are in place for the Great Lakes. NISA 96 also required the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to evaluate the effectiveness of the voluntary Ballast Water Management Program three years after implementation. In 2004, voluntary guidelines were determined to be ineffective, and thus USCG initiated mandatory ballast management for all ships entering U.S. waters from outside the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the United States. The voluntary program has become mandatory under the rules found in 33 CFR 151.

1993-2005 Coast Guard Regulations Under NISA (33 CFR 151)
Government Printing Office.

Federal Ballast Water Regulations (33 CFR 151 Subpart D) (May 17, 1999; PDF | 50KB)
Federal Register.

Ballast Water Management
DHS. Coast Guard. Office of Operating and Environmental Standards

Ballast Management: Federal Regulations
West Coast Ballast Outreach Project.

Species Profile - Ballast Water
USDA. NAL. National Invasive Species Information Center.