HR5694Referred to Committee
ARTIST Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-10-06
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Latest Action
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2026-05-14
Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2026-05-14
Previously
- Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2025-10-06
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-10-06
Bill Summary
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.
Subjects
Native Americans
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