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S. 254 · 119TH CONGRESS
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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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service for this version of the bill. Later versions may differ. Read at Congress.gov.