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S. 254
ARTIST Act
In plain language
Stops states from banning the sale, trade, transfer or possession of marine mammal ivory, bone or baleen that an Alaska Native legally made into authentic handicrafts or clothing.
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Official 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.