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Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025

Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.

US S 843 · Senate Bill · 119th Congress

Stage
Passed first chamber
Started in
Senate
Sponsors
8
Latest action
Mar 24, 2026

What it does

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…

Official summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 4, 2025

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Mar 4, 2025

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Mar 24, 2026

  4. Law (Not started)

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Where it goes next

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