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Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act

USA116th CongressS-804| Senate 
| Updated: 9/16/2020
Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Republican Senator

Alaska

Cosponsors (1)
Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Mar 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 8, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-1806
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Sep 16, 2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • March 14, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 14, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


  • April 8, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-1806
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.


  • September 16, 2020
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Native Americans

Related Bills

  • HR 116-1806: Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act
AlaskaAlaska Natives and HawaiiansHistorical and cultural resourcesMammalsTrade restrictions

Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act

USA116th CongressS-804| Senate 
| Updated: 9/16/2020
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.
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Timeline
Mar 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 8, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-1806
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Sep 16, 2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • March 14, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 14, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


  • April 8, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-1806
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.


  • September 16, 2020
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Republican Senator

Alaska

Cosponsors (1)
Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Native Americans

Related Bills

  • HR 116-1806: Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AlaskaAlaska Natives and HawaiiansHistorical and cultural resourcesMammalsTrade restrictions