Creates new funds and grants to help rescue and rehabilitate sick or injured sea turtles.
This bill would create new grants and an emergency fund specifically for organizations that rescue and rehabilitate sea turtles. It would authorize setting aside $5 million each year for grants and $500,000 each year for emergency aid, from the government's budget year 2025 through 2030. This gives sea turtles dedicated support that currently focuses mostly on marine mammals.
Today, federal grants and emergency funds for marine animal rescue mainly focus on marine mammals, with no dedicated programs specifically for sea turtles under this act. If this bill becomes law, the government would create a new grant program and an emergency fund specifically for sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation. It would authorize $5,000,000 annually for grants and $500,000 annually for emergency aid for sea turtles from the government's budget year 2025 through 2030.
S 843 · 119th Congress · March 4, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 7/10
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