IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 526 
Recognizing the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture 
in the United States by designating June 15 through June 22, 2025, 
as ‘‘National Pollinator Week’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2025 
Mr. PANETTA (for himself and Mr. YAKYM) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health 
and agriculture in the United States by designating June 
15 through June 22, 2025, as ‘‘National Pollinator 
Week’’. 
Whereas pollinators like native bees, butterflies and moths, 
birds and bats, and beetles play a vital role in agriculture 
throughout the United States and help produce a healthy 
and affordable food supply while also maintaining the 
health and diversity of ecosystems; 
Whereas various native pollinator species help reproduce at 
least 80 percent of flowering plants, making pollinators 
indispensable for sustaining the biodiversity of natural 
ecosystems; 
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•HRES 526 IH 
Whereas enhancing native pollinator and honey bee popu-
lations can result in improved and essential pollination 
services for neighboring land, including agriculture and 
wildlife ecosystems; 
Whereas it is in the strong economic interest of agricultural 
producers and consumers in the United States to help en-
sure healthy, sustainable, pollinator populations, as polli-
nators add more than $18,000,000,000 in revenue to 
crop production in the United States each year, including 
more than 100 crops that either need or benefit from na-
tive pollinators; 
Whereas pollinators also contribute to clean air and water, 
stable soil, and a diversity of wildlife needed for healthy 
and productive natural ecosystems; 
Whereas more than 1⁄4 of North American bumble bees are 
facing risk of extinction while iconic species like the 
North American migratory monarch butterfly and the 
American bumble bee have declined by 85 percent and 90 
percent, respectively, due to dwindling habitat, disease, 
and other threats; 
Whereas the Western monarch butterfly population has sig-
nificantly declined from nearly 10,000,000 butterflies in 
the 1980s to fewer than 2,000 butterflies in 2020 and 
the population of this iconic species remains perilously 
small and vulnerable to yearly fluctuations, prompting 
the monarch butterfly to be proposed as threatened; 
Whereas nearly 70 native pollinator species are listed by the 
Federal Government as threatened or endangered, with 
the rusty patched bumble bee, the Powesheik skipperling, 
and the Dakota skipper listed within the past decade; 
and 
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•HRES 526 IH 
Whereas declines in the health and population of native polli-
nators potentially pose a substantial threat to global food 
webs, ecological diversity, and human health: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses support for the designation of 
‘‘National Pollinator Week’’; 
(2) acknowledges the significance that all types 
of pollinators play in sustaining agriculture, pro-
moting biodiversity, and maintaining the overall 
health of natural ecosystems; 
(3) encourages the people of the United States 
to observe National Pollinator Week with appro-
priate ceremonies and conservation and educational 
activities; and 
(4) intends to— 
(A) continue working to conserve native 
pollinator species and their various habitats; 
and 
(B) work to improve the overall under-
standing of the importance of native pollinators. 
Æ 
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