Bills · 118th Congress · Animals

Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2023

Also known as Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act of 2023

Where it stands

  1. Introduced4/10/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 4/11/24
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 332–82 on April 11, 2024 (Roll Call 111 →). Received in the Senate on April 15, 2024. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 4/11/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic207 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Not voting
  • Republican125 Yea · 82 Nay · 10 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2023

This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Grant Program to encourage and facilitate coordinated rapid response and rescue of stranded marine turtles.

Full text on congress.gov ↗
Sponsor
Rep. William R. Keating ( Democrat · MA-9)
Cosponsors
13
Introduced
4/10/23
Policy area
Animals

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (18)
  1. 4/10/23Introduced in House
  2. 4/10/23Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  3. 5/8/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
  4. 10/25/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. 10/26/23Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged.
  6. 10/26/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  7. 10/26/23Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  8. 4/2/24Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-433.
  9. 4/2/24Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 358.
  10. 4/11/24Mr. Tiffany moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  11. 4/11/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2298-2299)
  12. 4/11/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2560.
  13. 4/11/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  14. 4/11/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2300-2301)
  15. 4/11/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 332 - 82 (Roll no. 111). (text: CR H2298)
  16. 4/11/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 332 - 82 (Roll no. 111). (text: CR H2298)
  17. 4/11/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. 4/15/24Received in the Senate.