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ARTIST Act

Official title: A bill 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 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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Timeline

  1. Library of CongressSigned by President.
  2. Became Law
  3. House floor actionsPresented to President.
  4. House floor actionsConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3794)
  5. Floor Vote
  6. House floor actionsMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  7. House floor actionsReceived in the House.
  8. Library of CongressPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  9. SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7007-7009; text: CR S7008)
  10. SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-73.
  11. SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  12. Library of CongressIntroduced in Senate
  13. SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  14. Introduced
  15. Committee

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