Creates a federal grant program to rescue and rehabilitate stranded sea turtles

§1What it does

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The bill would require the Department of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to set up a grant program for fast, coordinated rescue of sea turtles stranded on U.S. beaches or in U.S. waters.^2,3,4 Grants could pay for the recovery, care, transport, treatment and release of the turtles, the collection of data for research on turtle health, and related facility costs.⁴ Grants would be capped at $150,000 a year, recipients would have to cover at least half of the costs, and funds would be spread across regions based on recent strandings and the needs of threatened and endangered species.⁴

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§3How Congress voted

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