Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/254

Official text excerpt

Public Law 119–99: 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. 
 Public Law 99 
 Public Law 119–99 140 Stat. 842 
 2026-06-12 
 2026-06-12 
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 ?841 PUBLIC LAW 119–99—JUNE 12, 2026 
 ALASKA’S RIGHT TO IVORY SALES AND TRADITION ACT 
 
 140 STAT. 842 
 Public Law 119–99 
 119th Congress 
 
 
 
 An Act 
 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. June 12, 2026 [ S. 254 ] 
 
   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Alaska’s Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act. 
 SECTION 1. 16 USC 1361 note . SHORT TITLE.   This Act may be cited as the “ Alaska’s Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act ” or the “ ARTIST Act ”. 
 SEC. 2. ALASKA NATIVE HANDICRAFTS.   Section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1371(b) ) is amended to read as follows: “(b) Exemption for Alaskan Natives .— “(1) Definitions .— In this subsection: “(A) Authentic alaska native article of handicrafts and clothing .— The term ‘ authentic Alaska Native article of handicrafts and clothing ’ means an item composed wholly, or in some significant respect, of natural materials and that is produced, decorated, or fashioned in the exercise of traditional Alaska Native handicrafts by an Alaska Native who resides in Alaska and who dwells on the coast of the North Pacific…

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Citations

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