H.R. 5694

ARTIST Act

Sponsor: Nicholas J. Begich III · 0 cosponsors

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

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.

Text of the bill

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Sec. 1. Short title Changed · Jun 2

Where this section came from

  1. Oct 6, 2025 · Introduced in House Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources, Oct 6
  2. Jun 2, 2026 · Reported in House Marked up by House Committee on Natural Resources, May 14 Reported by House Committee on Natural Resources, Jun 2 Committee members' individual votes aren't in our records.
What changed in the text

This Act may be cited as the Alaska’s Right To to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act or the ARTIST Act.

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A markup is a committee meeting where members go through a bill and vote on changes before sending it to the full chamber.

This Act may be cited as the Alaska’s Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act or the ARTIST Act.