1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2023 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Pollination services are a vital part of agricultural production, valued at over $125,000,000,000 globally. According to a 2014 Presidential memorandum, pollinators provide for an annual amount of $24,000,000,000 to the economy of the United States and honey bees account for $15,000,000,000 of such amount. Similarly, pollination services of native pollinators, such as bumblebees, squash bees, and mason bees, contribute over $3,000,000,000 to the United States agricultural economy and are estimated to contribute between $937,000,000 and $2,400,000,000 to the economy of California alone. (2) One-third of food produced in North America, including nearly 100 varieties of fruits and vegetables such as almonds, avocados, cranberries, and apples, depends on pollination by bees. (3) Documented incidents of colony collapse disorder and other forms of excess bee mortality have been at a record high, with some beekeepers repeatedly losing 100 percent of their operations. National surveys report an 11-year average loss of 39 percent of honey bee colonies, with the 2020–2021 season representing the highest hive loss on record at over 50 percent. (4) The national honey crop is down over 29 percent since 2014, and 2021 was the first time in 35 years that honey yield rates dipped below 50 pounds per hive. (5) According to scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture, current losses of honey bee colonies are too high to confidently ensure the United States will be able to meet the pollination demands for agricultural crops. (6) More than one-quarter of North American bumble bees are facing risk of extinction, while iconic species like the monarch butterfly and the American bumblebee have declined by 85 percent and 90 percent respectively. More than 70 pollinator species are listed as threatened or endangered, with the rusty patched bumble bee, powesheik skipperling, and Dakota skipper