S. 843119th CongressSenate Bill

Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025

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No action in 4 months. It may still move, but has lost momentum.

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.

Introduced Mar 4, 2025Last action Mar 24, 2026
Introduced in SenateMar 4, 2025
Reported by CommitteeMar 12, 2025
Passed SenateMar 22, 2026
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Who introduced this

Edward Markey

Edward Markey

Democrat

U.S. Senator · MA

Bipartisan — 7 cosponsors (3 D, 4 R)

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