Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025 passed the Senate 383 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the House
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 119 words.
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.
- Committees
- Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
- Policy area
- Animals: 6 of 413 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.5%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 715 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 3, from introduced in senate to engrossed in senate · 637 words
- Subjects
- Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsEndangered and threatened speciesReptilesSeashores and lakeshores
- Latest action
- Mar 24, 2026: Held at the desk.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th H.R. 347 Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025 D · Introduced