Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill does
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.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - MA District 9 · D-MA
25 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - MO District 5 · D-MO
U.S. Representative - SC District 1 · R-SC
U.S. Representative - RI District 2 · D-RI
U.S. Representative - NY District 2 · R-NY
U.S. Representative - VA District 2 · R-VA
U.S. Representative - MD District 3 · D-MD
U.S. Representative - SC District 2 · R-SC
U.S. Representative - NJ District 1 · D-NJ
Member of Congress · R-OK
U.S. Representative - FL District 9 · D-FL
U.S. Representative - TX District 22 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - CA District 50 · D-CA
+ 13 more cosponsors
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 347 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
| Policy Area | Animals |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 13, 2025 |
| Latest Action | January 13, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 25 · House vote — · 1 views |