Federal Register #2026-20320

Federal campaign to reduce invasive mosquitoes and ticks and address related diseases

A White House executive order directs a coordinated federal campaign to reduce invasive mosquitoes and ticks in the District of Columbia and address the diseases they spread. - Government buyer and lead agencies - The issuing office is the White House, within the Executive Office of the President; the opportunity is a federal directive, not a commercial solicitation. - The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the General Services Administration (GSA) lead implementation, consulting the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). - Campaign targets and methods - Reduce Asian tiger, Egyptian, and other invasive mosquito populations by 90% and tick populations by 50% by 2028, with further reductions as practicable. - Develop and implement a District-wide campaign using habitat remediation, landscaping and drainage improvements, targeted natural controls, pest transport and host-reservoir management, and safe technologies such as sterile insect techniques. - Plan for controls across lands and communities throughout the District, drawing on commercial capabilities or cooperative agreements where appropriate. - Additional directed work - EPA is to develop a regulatory framework for safe, effective advanced control technologies and prioritize advancement or registration of methods that meet safety and effectiveness requirements. - HHS and Agriculture are to advance research on rapid diagnostics, prevention, and treatments for significant tick- and mosquito-borne diseases, including review of potential alpha-gal syndrome immunotherapies. - Agencies are also to support research into non-chemical disease-control methods and explore allergy-style labeling options for food and drug products containing significant amounts of alpha-galactose. - OEMs, vendors, and items - No commercial OEMs, vendors, specific products, part numbers, or purchase quantities are named. - The directed work comprises five service areas: the DC control campaign; regulatory and control-method advancement; disease diagnostics, prevention, and treatment research; non-chemical control research; and alpha-gal product-labeling options.

Description

Executive Order 14433 directs federal agencies to develop and implement measures to reduce tick and invasive mosquito populations and address diseases they transmit. The order calls for a campaign across the District of Columbia, including goals by 2028 to reduce specified invasive mosquito populations by 90 percent and tick populations by 50 percent. It also directs work on safe pest-control technologies, disease diagnostics and treatments, research programs, and options for labeling products containing significant amounts of alpha-galactose. The order is a Presidential Document and does not describe a procurement solicitation.

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