Allows Alaska Natives to create and sell handicrafts and clothing made from marine mammal ivory, bone, or baleen, and bars states from banning those sales, by amending the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

• Expands the Marine Mammal Protection Act's exemption for Alaska Natives to cover taking marine mammals for creating and selling authentic Alaska Native handicrafts and clothing, as long as the taking is not wasteful.
• Defines an authentic item as one made by an Alaska Native who lives in Alaska and dwells on the North Pacific or Arctic coast, without pantographs, multiple carvers, or other mass copying devices.
• Prohibits states from banning the interstate sale, transfer, or possession of marine mammal ivory, bone, or baleen used in authentic Alaska Native items.
• Requires the Secretary of Commerce to show in writing, and post publicly, that depletion findings or restrictions are supported by substantial evidence, including Indigenous knowledge, when an Alaska Native organization brings suit.

• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)

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