| ANSTF |
Aquatic Nuisance
Species Task Force |
| APHIS |
Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service |
| ARS |
Agricultural Research
Service |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation |
| CABI |
Commonwealth Agriculture
Bureau International |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological
Diversity |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention |
| CENR |
Committee on Environment
and Natural Resources |
| CSREES |
Cooperative State,
Research Education and Extension Service |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act |
| DHHS |
Department of Health
and Human Services |
| DHUD |
Department of Housing
and Urban Development |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
| Defense |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| Interior |
Department of the
Interior |
| State |
Department of State |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| EO |
Executive Order
(refers to Executive Order 13112) |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection
Agency |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency
Management Administration |
| FICMNEW |
Federal Interagency
Committee on the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds |
| FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act |
| FS |
Forest Service |
| FSA |
Farm Service Agency |
| FWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GAO |
Government Accounting
Office |
| GISP |
Global Invasive
Species Programme |
| IABIN |
Inter-American Biodiversity
Information Network |
| IMO |
International Maritime
Organization |
| IPPC |
International Plant
Protection Convention |
| NABIN |
North American Biodiversity
Information Network |
| NAL |
National Agricultural
Library |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics
and Space Administration |
| NEPA |
National Environmental
Policy Act |
| NISC |
National Invasive
Species Council |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPS |
National Park Service |
| NSF |
National Science
Foundation |
| NWHC |
National Wildlife
Health Center |
| OIE |
Office International
des Epizooties |
| OMB |
Office of Management
and Budget |
| OTA |
Office of Technology
Assessment |
| PPA |
Plant Protection
Act |
| SI |
Smithsonian Institution |
| SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures |
| TAGBCW |
Technical Advisory
Group for the Biological Control of Weeds |
| USCG |
U.S. Coast Guard |
| USDA |
U.S. Department
of Agriculture |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological
Survey |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |