Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
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President
Introduced Jan 13, 2025
Last action Jan 13, 2025
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Committee
1
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 27 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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William R. Keating
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew R. Garbarino
RRepublican
Co
Darren Soto
DDemocratic
Co
Donald Norcross
DDemocratic
Co
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
RRepublican
Co
Emanuel Cleaver
DDemocratic
Co
Greg Landsman
DDemocratic
Co
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Jahana Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer A. Kiggans
RRepublican
Co
Jim Costa
DDemocratic
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