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, section 1, Sec. 1.
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The two names the Act gives itself
The document says “may be cited as”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says
“This Act may be cited as the "Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act" or the "ARTIST Act".”
The Act names itself twice, and either name may be used. The second is drawn from the first: the letters of ARTIST are the initials of Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition. The section carries no other provision.
What the document actually says
“This Act may be cited as the "Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act" or the "ARTIST Act".”
That sentence, in plain words
This law has two short names. One is the long name. The other is the word ARTIST.
What this is about
A law often gives itself a short name. Then people can talk about it without saying the whole long title. Here the letters in ARTIST are the first letters of the other name. This part does that and nothing more.
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