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Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act

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

S. 254 of the 119th Congress, approved June 12, 2026, enacted as Public Law 119-99 (140 Stat. 842). The text indexed here is the law as enrolled and printed by the Government Publishing Office, in 2 sections.

All 2 sections indexed, holding 17 proposals. Each shows the Act's own words, the section they sit in, and anything that has happened since. This is the law in force, not a proposal for one.

What this law does

Alaska Natives carve and sell ivory. This law guards that trade.

This is a law. Both houses of Congress passed it. It was signed on June 12, 2026. It is in force now.

Its number is Public Law 119-99. It started out as the bill S. 254.

It has 2 parts. Each part is called a section. Pick one below to see what it says.

2
sections indexed
17
proposals recorded
0
actions tracked
2
pages in the Statutes at Large
How much of the Act is indexed

One cell per section, filled once it has been broken into proposals.

All 2 sections indexed. Each section page says what was taken from it and what was not.

Where the 17 proposals sit in the Act

One bar per section of the Act. Bar length compares one with another. It is not how much of a section is indexed.

How firmly the Act is worded

Grouped from each provision's own verb, quoted on its page. A statute that says shall not is making a different demand from one that says may.

A firm demand4
A recommendation13
A suggestion or a possibility0
How to cite this
  1. The document itself

    Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act, Public Law 119-99, 140 Stat. 842 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ99/html/PLAW-119publ99.htm

  2. This page

    Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act, indexed section by section. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/alaska-s-right-ivory-sales-tradition-act/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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How the Chapter List Was Built

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