Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program.
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
This bill expands the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program to include separate grants to rescue sea turtles for the next seven years. 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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- WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
- TIBER CREEK ASSOCIATES OF CAPITOL HILL, INC.
- CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
- AMERICAN ZOO AND AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION
- WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
- CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- SENATE
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
- U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 347: Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-347/
"H.R. 347: Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-347/.
H.R. 347, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-347/.
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