ARTIST Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5253 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5253 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Mr. Sullivan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. 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 th…