Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program.
Sponsor: Sen. Edward Markey D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2025
- Committee actionMar 12, 2025
- Passed SenateMar 22, 2026 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 24, 2026 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 843.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 843, Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025” on April 2, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61294
- CBO publication date
- April 2, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 843, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
967d10675da6889cba65d8f0c632f24142df2d5ffcfd1bc6acf323a3db26a821
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-41 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on July 16, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/41
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 843, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
967d10675da6889cba65d8f0c632f24142df2d5ffcfd1bc6acf323a3db26a821
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Cornyn (R-TX), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), David McCormick (R-PA), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.