S 843 · Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
Held at the desk.
- Introduced
- Mar 4, 2025
- Latest action
- Mar 24, 2026
- Sponsor
- Sen. Edward J. Markey [D-MA]
- Policy area
- Animals
- Cosponsors
- 7
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.
Recent actions
- 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.
- Jul 16, 2025 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-41.
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.