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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A taking may not be wasteful
The document says “shall not”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“(ii) in each case, is not accomplished in a wasteful manner.”
A second condition, and it rides on both purposes: the words in each case tie it to the subsistence taking and the handicrafts taking alike. A taking accomplished in a wasteful manner falls outside the exemption. This Act does not define wasteful manner.
What the document actually says
“(ii) in each case, is not accomplished in a wasteful manner.”
That sentence, in plain words
The hunt may not waste the animal. That holds for both reasons above.
What this is about
This test comes on top of the reason for the hunt. A wasteful hunt is not covered at all. The law does not say here what waste means.
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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“A taking may not be wasteful,” 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-not-wasteful/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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