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H.R. 5694 · 119th Congress

ARTIST Act

Introduced Oct 6, 2025Policy area: Native Americans

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: In committee

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 588.

Summary

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 588.

  2. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-674.

  3. House

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

  4. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  5. House

    Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged

  6. House

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  7. House

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.

  8. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  9. Introduced in House