S 843

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.

Bill status

Status

Passed Senate

Sponsor

Sen. Edward J. Markey [D-MA]

Cosponsors

7

Policy area

Animals

Introduced

2025-03-04

Latest action

2026-03-24: Held at the desk.

Committee referrals

• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee: Senate · Reported By · 2025-07-16
• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee: Senate · Markup By · 2025-03-12
• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-03-04

Recent actions

• 2026-03-24: Held at the desk.
• 2026-03-24: Received in the House.
• 2026-03-24: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• 2026-03-22: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1503-1504; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1504)
• 2026-03-22: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.