Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 118.· March 24, 2026
The summary
What this bill 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 establishes the Sea Turtle Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Rapid Response Fund.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - MA · D-MA
Roll-call vote
The vote, by member
The vote, by member
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | S |
| Bill Number | 843 |
| Origin Chamber | Senate |
| Current Status | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 118. |
| Policy Area | Animals |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | March 4, 2025 |
| Latest Action | March 24, 2026 |
| Cosponsors | 7 · House vote — · — views |