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The resolution boosts bat monitoring and conservation to secure large natural pest-control, public-health, and scientific benefits, while creating potential regulatory restrictions and costs for some private landowners and taxpayers.
Farmers and agricultural workers will save an estimated $3.7 billion annually because healthier bat populations provide natural pest control, lowering producers' pest-management costs and indirectly reducing consumer prices.
State wildlife managers, conservation organizations, and the public gain access to a consolidated North American Bat Monitoring Program dataset (~94 million records), improving bat disease science and enabling faster, coordinated conservation and monitoring responses.
Rural communities and farmers benefit from reduced insect-borne risks to human health and agriculture because protecting bat populations helps maintain natural pest-control services.
Homeowners and small-business owners could face restrictions on land use if findings support endangered species protections (for example, for the northern long-eared bat), limiting development or certain private activities under ESA rules.
Homeowners and taxpayers could incur increased costs from expanded federal coordination and conservation actions—either through new regulatory compliance burdens on landowners or higher public spending.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Formally recognizes bats' ecological and economic value, documents white‑nose syndrome threats and declines, and praises federal and partner monitoring and response efforts.
Introduced October 16, 2025 by Peter Welch · Last progress October 28, 2025
Recognizes the ecological and economic value of bats, documents the threat posed by white‑nose syndrome, and praises federal and multi‑partner monitoring, research, and response efforts. It highlights an estimated $3.7 billion in annual pest‑control savings from bats, reports disease spread and species declines, and names Federal agencies and the North American Bat Monitoring Program for their roles and data consolidation. The text does not create new programs, funding, or regulatory requirements; it records findings and commends recent progress in understanding, slowing, and treating white‑nose syndrome.