Signed into law
ARTIST Act
This act prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal products produced by Alaska Natives.
- Measure
- S. 254 · 119th Congress
- Latest action
- June 12, 2026
- Policy changes
- 1
- Source
- CRS summary (Public Law) · Congress.gov
Became Public Law No: 119-99.
Who wrote it
Sponsor
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK)Joined by 1 cosponsor, 1 of them from the day it was introduced. Introduced January 24, 2025.
All 1 cosponsors
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) · original
How Congress voted
House · June 3, 2026
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 14 (Roll no. 193).
404 yea · 14 nay · 12 other · Republicans 196–14 · Democrats 207–0 · Independents 1–0 · Official record
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Provision 1
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.
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