S 843 · 119th Congress · Animals
Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
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EnactedLatest: Held at the desk.(2026-03-24)
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Sea 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.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeS. 843, Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
Apr 2, 2025As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025
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Cosponsors (7)
3 Democrats4 Republicans