Alaska’s Right To Ivory Sales and Tradition Act or the ARTIST Act
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.
CR S7007-7009; text: CR S7008)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-73.
Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.