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Vern Buchanan (R-FL)

Manatee Protection Act of 2025

H.R. 135 · House bill Environmental Protection

A Republican bill with 7 Democratic cosponsors · See all 11 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

The Manatee Protection Act of 2025 aims to change how the West Indian manatee is treated under federal law. It seeks to designate the West Indian manatee as an endangered species. This designation would be made under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to add the species to the official endangered species list.

Yes

  • Scored +8

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    The bill provides formal endangered status to the West Indian manatee under the Endangered Species Act, increasing legal protections for the species.

  • Scored +2

    Would people in rural areas be better off under this?

    The protections may affect land and water usage in coastal and rural habitats where manatees reside.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.