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119th Congress · Senate

ARTIST Act

Subjects: Alaska · Alaska Natives and Hawaiians · Historical and cultural resources · Mammals · Wildlife conservation and habitat protection · Native Americans

In plain language

  • Senate bill in the 119th Congress.
  • Prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal products produced by Alaska Natives.
  • House passed it on Jun 3, 2026 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

Alaska’s Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act or the ARTIST Act This act prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal products produced by Alaska Natives. Specifically, states may not prohibit the interstate commerce, importation, sale, transfer, trade, barter, or possession of marine mammal ivory, marine mammal bone, or baleen legally produced by an Alaska Native as an authentic Alaska Native article of handicrafts and clothing.

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