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SEC. 11315. PROTECTION OF HONEY BEES AND OTHER POL-
LINATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall carry out 
such activities as the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate to protect and ensure the long-term viability of pop-
ulations of honey bees, wild bees, and other beneficial in-
sects of agricultural crops, horticultural plants, wild 
plants, and other plants, including— 
(1) providing technical expertise relating to pro-
posed agency actions that may threaten pollinator 
health or jeopardize the long-term viability of popu-
lations of pollinators; 
(2) providing formal guidance on national poli-
cies relating to— 
(A) permitting managed honey bees to for-
age on National Forest Service lands where 
compatible with other natural resource manage-
ment priorities; and 
(B) planting and maintaining managed 
honey bee and native pollinator forage on Na-
tional Forest Service lands where compatible 
with other natural resource management prior-
ities; 
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(3) making use of the best available peer-re-
viewed science regarding environmental and chemical 
stressors on pollinator health; and 
(4) regularly monitoring and reporting on the 
health and population status of managed and native 
pollinators including bees, birds, bats, and other spe-
cies. 
(b) TASK FORCE ON BEE HEALTH AND COMMERCIAL 
BEEKEEPING.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a task force— 
(A) to coordinate Federal efforts carried 
out on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act to address the serious worldwide decline in 
bee health, especially honey bees and declining 
native bees; and 
(B) to assess Federal efforts to mitigate 
pollinator losses and threats to the United 
States commercial beekeeping industry. 
(2) AGENCY CONSULTATION.—The task force 
established under this subsection shall seek ongoing 
consultation from any Federal agency carrying out 
activities important to bee health and commercial 
beekeeping, including officials from— 
(A) the Department of Agriculture; 
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(B) the Department of the Interior; 
(C) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(D) the Food and Drug Administration; 
(E) the Department of Commerce; and 
(F) U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
(3) STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION.—The task 
force established under this subsection shall consult 
with beekeeper, conservation, scientist, and agricul-
tural stakeholders. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the task force es-
tablished under subsection (b) shall submit to Congress 
a report that— 
(1) summarizes Federal activities carried out 
pursuant to subsection (f) of section of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 5925) (as redesignated by section 7209) or 
any other provision of law (including regulations) to 
address bee decline; 
(2) summarizes international efforts to address 
the decline of managed honey bees and native polli-
nators; and 
(3) provides recommendations to Congress re-
garding how to better coordinate Federal agency ef-
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forts to address the decline of managed honey bees 
and native pollinators. 
(d) POLLINATOR
RESEARCH
LAB
FEASIBILITY 
STUDY.— 
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Administrator of the Agricultural Re-
search Service, may conduct feasibility studies re-
garding— 
(A) re-locating existing honey bee and na-
tive pollinator research from Federal labora-
tories to a cooperator-run facility in a location 
most geographically appropriate for pollinator 
research; and 
(B) modernizing existing honey bee re-
search laboratories identified by the Agricul-
tural Research Service in the capital investment 
strategy document dated 2012. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the feasi-
bility studies under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall consult with— 
(A) beekeeper, native bee, agricultural, re-
search institution, and bee conservation stake-
holders regarding new research laboratory 
needs under paragraph (1)(A); and 
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(B) commercial beekeepers regarding the 
modernizing of existing honey bee laboratories 
under paragraph (1)(B). 
SEC. 11316. PRODUCE REPRESENTED AS GROWN IN THE 
UNITED STATES WHEN IT IS NOT IN FACT 
GROWN IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TO CBP.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall make available to U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection technical assistance related to the 
identification of produce represented as grown in the 
United States when it is not in fact grown in the United 
States. 
(b) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate a report on produce rep-
resented as grown in the United States when it is not in 
fact grown in the United States. 
SEC. 11317. URBAN AGRICULTURE COORDINATION. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall coordinate oppor-
tunities for urban agriculture, by— 
(1) compiling a list of all programs adminis-
tered by the Secretary or by the head of any other 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
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