1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act . 2. Alaska Native Handicrafts Section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1371(b) ) is amended to read as follows: (b) Application to certain Alaska Natives (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Authentic native article of handicrafts and clothing The term authentic native article of handicrafts and clothing means an item composed wholly, or in some significant respect, of natural materials that is produced, decorated, or fashioned in the exercise of traditional native handicrafts without the use of a pantograph, multiple carvers, or any other mass copying device. (B) Traditional native handicrafts The term traditional native handicrafts includes weaving, carving, stitching, sewing, lacing, beading, drawing, and painting. (C) Fossilized ivory The term fossilized ivory includes a fossilized tooth or tusk from a species of walrus, mammoth, mastodon, narwhal, or whale. (2) Application Except as provided in section 109, the provisions of this Act shall not apply with respect to the taking of any marine mammal by any Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo who resides in Alaska and who dwells on the coast of the North Pacific Ocean or the Arctic Ocean if such taking— (A) (i) is for subsistence purposes; or (ii) is done for purposes of creating and selling authentic native articles of handicrafts and clothing