Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (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 happenedSep 16, 2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMar 14, 2019
- Sep 16, 2020Committee
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Mar 14, 2019IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Mar 14, 2019IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate