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S. 254: ARTIST Act
119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-24 · Native Americans · Latest: Became Public Law No: 119-99.
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Official title
ARTIST Act
Plain summary
Alaska’s Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act or the ARTIST Act This act prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal products produced by Alaska Natives. 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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Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] · 1 cosponsors
Money: CBO cost estimate: S. 254, ARTIST Act (2025-08-15) No linked contracts or vendors yet.
Recorded votes
- House roll call 193 (2026): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, S 254 (2026-06-03): Passed
Sources
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- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s254.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>
Record fed-us-cong119-s254 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills