H.R. 135 119th Congress House

Manatee Protection Act of 2025

Official title: To designate the West Indian manatee as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Vern Buchanan Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

Environmental Protection Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsEndangered and threatened speciesMammals

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Jan 3, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB
for SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB · Florida · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
for DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB
for SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB · Florida · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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Cosponsors 11

Salazar, Maria Elvira

Florida · Aug 10, 2026

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Florida · Jun 29, 2026

Hernández, Pablo Jose

Puerto Rico · Dec 18, 2025

Vindman, Eugene Simon

Virginia · Oct 21, 2025

Bilirakis, Gus M.

Florida · May 13, 2025

Castor, Kathy

Florida · Feb 25, 2025

Scholten, Hillary J.

Michigan · Jan 28, 2025

Soto, Darren

Florida · Jan 28, 2025

Donalds, Byron

Florida · Jan 9, 2025

Webster, Daniel

Florida · Jan 9, 2025

Frost, Maxwell

Florida · Jan 3, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 135: Manatee Protection Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-135/

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"H.R. 135: Manatee Protection Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-135/.

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H.R. 135, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-135/.

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