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S. 1947 119th Congress Senate

OCTOPUS Act of 2025

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,… Show full official titleShow less

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.

Introduced: June 4, 2025 Introduced by: Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Jun 4, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 4, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 33

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All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jul 8, 2025
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Jun 4, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1947: OCTOPUS Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1947/
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"S. 1947: OCTOPUS Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1947/.
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S. 1947, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1947/.
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