S 804
116th Congress
Senate
Native Americans
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Historical and cultural resources
Mammals
Trade restrictions
Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act
Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
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To President
Became law
Sep 16, 2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act
This bill prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal and fossilized ivory products produced by Alaska Natives.
Specifically, states may not prohibit (1) the importation, sale, transfer, trade, barter, or possession of mammoth, mastodon, or walrus ivory, marine mammal bones, teeth, or baleen legally produced by an Alaska Native as an authentic native article of handicrafts and clothing; or (2) the importation, sale, transfer, trade, or possession of fossilized ivory.
What's happening now
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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