The Biological Resources Discipline (BRD) is a program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
However, Congressional opposition threatened to abolish the new bureau—which now "contained a substantial portion of all the scientists in the Interior Department.
In 1995, Babbitt renamed the NBS as the National Biological Service to allay opposition, but Congressional threat to the scientific organization persisted.
[2] The BRD was renamed as the Biological Resources Discipline in 1999 as part of USGS Director Charles Groat's Strategic Change planning.
[3] The following are "general principles" the BRD states guide the implementation of its mission and form the basis of its strategic planning: