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H. Rept. 119-674 1 (2026-06-02)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaiij0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-674 ALASKA'S RIGHT TO IVORY SALES AND TRADITION ACT JUNE 2, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 5694] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 5694) to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and marine mammal ivory products, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor- ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act or the ARTIST Act. SEC. 2. ALASKA NATIVE HANDICRAFTS. Section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371(b)) is amended to read as follows: (b) EXEMPTION FOR ALASKAN NATIVES.- (1) DEFINITIONS.-In this subsection: (A) AUTHENTIC ALASKA NATIVE ARTICLE OF HANDICRAFTS AND CLOTH- ING.-The term 'authentic Alaska Native article of handicrafts and clothing' means an item composed wholly, or in some significant respect, of natural materials and that is produced, decorated, or fashioned in the exercise of traditional Alaska Native handicrafts by an Alaska Native who resides in Alaska and who dwells on the coast of the North Pacific Ocean or the Arctic Ocean without the use of a pantograph, multiple carvers, or any other mass copying device. (B) MARINE MAMMAL IVORY.-The term 'marine mammal ivory' includes a tooth or tusk from a walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) or a species of cetacean. (C) TRADITIONAL ALASKA NATIVE HANDICRAFTS.-The term 'traditional Alaska Native handicrafts' includes weaving, carving, stitching, sewing, lac- ing, beading, drawing, and painting. (2) EXEMPTION.- 69-006