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Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

15.683

Program objective

To provide financial assistance to eligible entities for: response, recovery, rescue, treatment, and, as appropriate, release of West Indian manatees, sea otters, Pacific walruses, and polar bears; the collection of data for scientific research associated with the health of these species; and facility operation costs for these species, as appropriate.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2020

    In FY 20 the program received 27 applications and issued 25 awards.

  2. 2021

    16 applications and issued 13 awards.

  3. 2022

    Program received 15 applications and issued 15 awards.

  4. 2023

    Program received 22 applications and issued 17 awards.

  5. 2024

    Program received 27 applications and anticipates issuing 15 awards

  6. 2025

    Program anticipates 25 applications and issuing 8 awards

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act—John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (16 U.S.C. 1421f-I); Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.); Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 —Administrative Provisions (Pub. L. 118-42 [H.R. 4366-199]).