H.R. 5694 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
ARTIST Act
Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-08
Introduced: 2025-10-06
Latest action (2026-06-02): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 588.
What H.R. 5694 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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