Congress·Passed Senate·S.Res. 454

A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of October 24, 2025, to October 31, 2025, as "Bat Week".

Bat Week Recognition

Oct 28, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: The HouseNo action in 9 months

The Senate has officially passed this resolution to support Bat Week. It does not need any further action in the Senate and is now considered complete.

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Reintroduced
Reintroduced from S.Res. 886 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S.Res. 886 (118th) →

Key Points

The Senate officially named the last week of October as Bat Week to raise awareness about the importance of bats to the environment and the economy.
Bats help the United States by eating pests that destroy crops. This saves American farmers more than $3.7 billion in pest control costs every year.
The resolution points out that millions of bats have died from a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome. This disease has now spread to 40 different states and affects many species.
By passing this, the Senate hopes to encourage education about bats and support scientific work to protect them from extinction and disease.

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Milestones

2 milestones5 actions

Oct 28, 2025Senate

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7787)

Oct 28, 2025

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

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Oct 28, 2025Senate

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Oct 16, 2025Senate

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S7158)

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Oct 16, 2025

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of October 24, 2025, to October 31, 2025, as "Bat Week".

Bill NumberSRES 454

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionResolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7787)

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