Manatee Protection Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Jan 3, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedJan 3, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 37 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Natural Resources Committee
- Policy area
- Environmental Protection: 29 of 2,191 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 171 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 115 words
- Subjects
- Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsEndangered and threatened speciesMammals
- Latest action
- Jan 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]