Only an Alaska Native organization can raise that requirement
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 2, Sec. 2.
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Only an Alaska Native organization can raise that requirement
The document says “shall apply”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The requirement under subparagraph (D) shall only be applicable in an action brought by one or more Alaska Native organizations representing persons to which this subsection applies.”
A limit on the duty indexed above. The writing requirement in subparagraph (D) applies only in an action brought by one or more Alaska Native organizations representing persons the subsection covers. This Act does not define Alaska Native organization, and it does not say what kind of action is meant.
What the document actually says
“The requirement under subparagraph (D) shall only be applicable in an action brought by one or more Alaska Native organizations representing persons to which this subsection applies.”
That sentence, in plain words
The rule just above only counts in a case. The case has to be brought by an Alaska Native group. That group has to stand for the people this rule covers.
What this is about
A case here means a claim taken to court. The law does not say what a group has to look like. It does not spell out the kind of case either.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act, Public Law 119-99, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 842 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ99/html/PLAW-119publ99.htm
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“Only an Alaska Native organization can raise that requirement,” Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/alaska-s-right-ivory-sales-tradition-act/proposal/sec02-applicability-of-the-writing-requirement/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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