HR 347
119th Congress
House
Animals
Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
Introduced: March 4, 2026
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Became law
Jan 13, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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