119th Congress
S. 1947
OCTOPUS Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Sheldon Whitehouse(D-RI)
- Introduced
- Jun 4, 2025
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (2)
Original cosponsors (1)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Added later (1)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR) · Jul 8, 2025
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from authorizing commercial octopus aquaculture operations in the United States, the exclusive economic zone, and the waters of the United States, and for other purposes.
Latest action(Jun 4, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jun 4, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. - Jun 4, 2025
Introduced in Senate