S 1947 · 119th Congress

OCTOPUS Act of 2025

This bill would ban the farming of octopuses for food in the United States and its surrounding waters. It also prohibits importing or re-selling octopus that was raised on farms anywhere in the world. The bill applies to all octopus products—whether whole animals, parts, or foods containing octopus—that come from co…

Sponsor

Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-Rhode Island)

Introduced

2025-06-04

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Latest action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.