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Bill · 119th Congress · S 843
Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-03-04Topic: environment · budgetSummary
Summary by the Congressional Research ServiceSea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025 This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and expands the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program to include separate grants to rescue sea turtles. The grants must be used for the recovery, care, or treatment of sick, injured, or entangled sea turtles; responses to rescue stranded sea turtles; the collection of data and samples from living or dead stranded sea turtles for scientific research or health assessments; facility operating costs that are directly related to activities to assist sea turtles; or development of stranding network capacity where facilities do not exist or are sparse. In addition, the bill establishes the Sea Turtle Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Rapid Response Fund.
Sponsors
- Edward J. Markey Democrat sponsor
- 6 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | House | Held at the desk. | |
| 2026-03-24 | House | Received in the House. | |
| 2026-03-24 | Senate | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | |
| 2026-03-22 | Senate | Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1503-1504; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1504) | |
| 2026-03-22 | Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. | floor pass | |
| 2025-07-16 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 118. | |
| 2025-07-16 | Senate | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-41. | refer |
| 2025-07-16 | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-41. | report | |
| 2025-03-12 | Senate | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | refer |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | refer |
| 2025-03-04 | Introduced in Senate | introduce |