Government operations and workforce

Executive Order 13751: Safeguarding the Nation From the Impacts of Invasive Species

President: Barack Obama

Modernized federal prevention, early detection, rapid response and control policy for invasive species.

Status: In effect.

Is Executive Order 13751 still in effect? Yes. Active amendment to EO 13112 and continuing interagency invasive-species framework.

What does Executive Order 13751 do?

EO 13751 amended EO 13112 to reflect climate change, emerging pathways, technological advances and the economic and health costs of invasive species. It strengthened agency planning, data sharing, early detection, rapid response and consideration of environmental change while retaining the National Invasive Species Council. The amended framework remains unrevoked and agencies continue work under statutory plant, animal, wildlife and public-health authorities.

Administration position: The order coordinates federal action; it does not make every non-native species unlawful or displace agency-specific statutes and state authority.
SignedDecember 5, 2016
Base orderEO 13112
CouncilNational Invasive Species Council

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13112’s 1999 framework did not fully address newer pathways, climate effects and data practices.

After the order

Agencies used updated prevention, monitoring, rapid-response and restoration principles.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Federal agenciesPrevent monitor control and restoreContinuing
National Invasive Species CouncilCoordinate plans and cross-agency workContinuing
Managers and partnersShare data and assess pathwaysContinuing

What happened next

EO 13112 created the council.

EO 13751 modernized the framework.