United StatesHouse would support Bat Week and encourage public awareness events
The resolution would express House support for Bat Week, October 24–31, 2025, and encourage awareness events without requiring anyone to participate.
What it does
The House would support Bat Week and encourage related events. It would also express its intent to keep protecting bats and their habitats and fighting white-nose syndrome.
Argument forEncouraging Bat Week events could help people understand how bats protect crops by eating pests and pollinating plants.
Argument againstThe House’s stated intent could leave conservation goals unmet because the resolution sets no required actions or funding.
More detail
The House would support Bat Week, encourage related events, and express its intent to continue bat conservation work. The conservation goals cover bat species, their habitats, and efforts to defeat white-nose syndrome, a disease affecting bats. These statements would express the House’s views without requiring public participation or providing funding. The proposed Bat Week would run from October 24 through October 31, 2025.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Adopted
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 17Submitted in HouseLatest
- Oct 17Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.Introduced
Environment & Energy