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ARTIST Act

Official title: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and marine mammal ivory products, and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This bill prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal products produced by Alaska Natives.

Specifically, states may not prohibit the 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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Timeline

  1. House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-674.
  2. House committee actionsSubcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
  3. House committee actionsSubcommittee Hearings Held
  4. House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
  5. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  6. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  7. Introduced
  8. Committee

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