S 843
119th Congress
Senate
Animals
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Endangered and threatened species
Reptiles
Seashores and lakeshores
Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
Introduced: March 4, 2025
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Became law
Mar 24, 2026
Held at the desk.
Mar 24, 2026
Received in the House.
Mar 24, 2026
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 22, 2026
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1503-1504; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1504)
Mar 22, 2026
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 16, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 118.
Jul 16, 2025
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-41.
Mar 12, 2025
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 4, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
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Held at the desk.
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