Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 24, 2026 Held at the desk.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 4, 2025
- Passed SenateMar 22, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2025 to Nov 20, 2025; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Mar 4, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Mar 4, 2025 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Mar 4, 2025 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Mar 4, 2025 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Mar 4, 2025 |
| R-PA | David McCormick | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Nov 20, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Mar 4, 2025Markup Mar 12, 2025Reported Jul 16, 2025 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 24, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 24, 2026Received in the House.
- Mar 24, 2026Held at the desk.
- Mar 22, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1503-1504; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1504)
- Jul 16, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-41.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1503, S1504Text printed S1503, S1504 | Edward J. Markey D-MA | Mar 22, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 2, 2025S. 843, Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 347 | Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jan 13, 2025 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2026Engrossed in Senate
- Jul 16, 2025Reported to Senate
- Mar 4, 2025Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
