119th Congress Animals
H.R. 347: Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Emanuel Cleaver D-MO
- Andrew Garbarino R-NY
- Nancy Mace R-SC
- Seth Magaziner D-RI
- Sarah Elfreth D-MD
- Jennifer Kiggans R-VA
- Donald Norcross D-NJ
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Stephanie Bice R-OK
- Troy Nehls R-TX
- Darren Soto D-FL
- Joe Courtney D-CT
- Scott Peters D-CA
- Russell Fry R-SC
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Earl Carter R-GA
- Valerie Foushee D-NC
- Jahana Hayes D-CT
- Robert Wittman R-VA
- Mike Haridopolos R-FL
- Henry Johnson D-GA
- Jim Costa D-CA
- William Timmons R-SC
- Greg Landsman D-OH
- Ralph Norman R-SC
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
Who scored on this bill
- 1William Keating SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by William Keating.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.