Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 14, 2019)
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 just happenedApr 8, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 14, 2019
- Apr 8, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee - Mar 14, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Natural Resources Committee - Mar 14, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 14, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House