Section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act is replaced
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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Section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act is replaced
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371(b)) is amended to read as follows:”
The whole of section 2 hangs off this one instruction. It names the provision it changes, section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371(b)), and replaces it entirely: the words that follow in this Act are the new subsection (b). This Act does not state what the old subsection said. The new subsection is headed Exemption for Alaskan Natives and runs to five paragraphs.
What the document actually says
“Section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371(b)) is amended to read as follows:”
That sentence, in plain words
This part reaches into an older law. It finds one rule there. It throws out that rule. It puts new words in its place.
What this is about
A new law can change a law that came before it. Here it does not just swap a word. It replaces a whole rule at once. The new words sit in the older law from then on.
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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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“Section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act is replaced,” 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-rewrite-of-section-101b/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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