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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 135

Manatee Protection Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-01-03Topic: environment

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Manatee Protection Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to include the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in the endangered species list and give the species protections provided to endangered species.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-01-03HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.refer
2025-01-03Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-01-03Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.