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S 843 · introduced · niche

Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill reauthorizes and expands federal grants through 2030 to rescue, rehabilitate, and care for sick or injured sea turtles.
  • Sea turtle rescue facilities, research organizations, and stranding response networks across the country are affected.
  • Congress funds the program through the Sea Turtle Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Rapid Response Fund without specifying a dollar amount.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How should Congress decide what funding level is appropriate for sea turtle rescue facilities when the bill doesn't specify a dollar amount?

  2. 02

    Which organizations currently receive these grants, and how would expanded funding change the types of rescue work they can perform?

  3. 03

    What evidence shows that federal investment in sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation produces measurable improvements in population recovery?

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Sponsor · D-MA

Edward J. Markey

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Introduced 2026-03-24

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-03-24 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2026-03-24 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2026-03-24 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2026-03-22 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1503-1504; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1504)

  5. 2026-03-22 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  6. 2025-07-16 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 118.

  7. 2025-07-16 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-41.

  8. 2025-07-16 · Committee

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-41.

  9. 2025-03-12 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  10. 2025-03-04 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

  11. 2025-03-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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