Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Oct 6, 2025
Step 2
Referred
Mar 19, 2026
Natural Resources
Step 3
Committee
May 14, 2026
Reported out
Step 4
House floor
Step 5
Senate
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal products produced by Alaska Natives. Specifically, states may not prohibit the importation, sale, transfer, trade, barter, or possession of marine mammal ivory, marine mammal bone, or baleen legally produced by an Alaska Native as an authentic Alaska Native article of handicrafts and clothing.
Timeline · 9 actions
Jun 2, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 588.
Jun 2, 2026
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-674.
May 14, 2026
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
May 14, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
May 14, 2026
Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
Mar 26, 2026
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Mar 19, 2026
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
Oct 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Oct 6, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.