The Act does not apply to a taking by a coastal Alaska Native
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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The Act does not apply to a taking by a coastal Alaska Native
The document says “shall not”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Except as provided in section 109, the provisions of this Act shall not apply with respect to the taking of any marine mammal by any Alaska Native who resides in Alaska and who dwells on the coast of the North Pacific Ocean or the Arctic Ocean if such taking--”
The core of the new subsection. The provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act do not apply to the taking of any marine mammal by an Alaska Native who both resides in Alaska and dwells on the coast of the North Pacific Ocean or the Arctic Ocean. Two things are carried on the face of it: the exemption is subject to whatever section 109 of that Act provides, and it holds only where the conditions set out in the clauses that follow are met. This Act does not say what section 109 provides.
What the document actually says
“Except as provided in section 109, the provisions of this Act shall not apply with respect to the taking of any marine mammal by any Alaska Native who resides in Alaska and who dwells on the coast of the North Pacific Ocean or the Arctic Ocean if such taking--”
That sentence, in plain words
The rules in the older law do not apply to some hunts. The hunter has to be an Alaska Native. That person has to live in Alaska and on the coast.
What this is about
Taking a sea animal means hunting or catching it. The older law limits that. This part lifts the limit for these hunters. But it only lifts it if the tests below are met. One other part of the older law still applies.
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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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“The Act does not apply to a taking by a coastal Alaska Native,” 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-exemption-for-taking/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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