S. 254 · 119th Congress · Native Americans
ARTIST Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Jun 3, 2026
Roll call ↗404
14
Passed the House.
Law 504 days after it was introduced
Public Law 119-99. Each step dated from the congress.gov record
- IntroducedJan 24, 2025
- CommitteeOct 6, 2025
- Passed SenateOct 8, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 3, 2026
- Became lawJun 12, 2026
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 1
- all Republican
- Senate committee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Lobbying
- At least 1
- organization named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q2
What it does
This bill rewrites the Alaska Native exemption in the Marine Mammal Protection Act to bar States from prohibiting sale or possession of marine mammal ivory, bone, or baleen worked into authentic Alaska Native handicrafts.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, June 3, 2026
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 1 organization named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 6 quarterly reports filed by 1 organization lobbying for itself in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1 and 2026 Q2. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organization named: World Wildlife Fund, Inc. Listed as filed. It is every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.