Bills · 118th Congress · Animals

Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2023

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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.

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Sponsor
Rep. William R. Keating ( Democrat · MA-9)
Cosponsors
13
Introduced
4/10/23
Policy area
Animals
Status
4/10/23Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
4/10/23Introduced in House
5/8/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
10/25/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
10/26/23Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
10/26/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
10/26/23Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged.
4/2/24Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 358.
4/2/24Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-433.
4/11/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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)
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)
4/11/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2300-2301)
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.
4/11/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2560.
4/11/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2298-2299)
4/11/24Mr. Tiffany moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
4/15/24Received in the Senate.