Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990

Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990
Long title	An Act to expand the powers of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	IACA
Enacted by	the 101st United States Congress
Effective	November 29, 1990
Citations
Public law	101-644
Statutes at Large	104 Stat. 4662
Codification
Titles amended	18 U.S.C.: Crimes and Criminal Procedure; 25 U.S.C.: Indians;
U.S.C. sections amended	18 U.S.C. ch. 53 § 1159; 25 U.S.C. ch. 7A § 305e;
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 2006 by Jon Kyl (R–AZ) on April 17, 1989; Committee consideration by House Interior and Insular Affairs, House Judiciary, Senate Indian Affairs; Passed the House on September 27, 1990 (Passed voice vote); Passed the Senate on October 25, 1990 (Passed voice vote) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on October 27, 1990 (Agreed without objection) with further amendment; Senate agreed to House amendment on October 28, 1990 (Agreed voice vote); Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on November 29, 1990;

The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-644) is a truth-in-advertising law which prohibits misrepresentation in marketing of American Indian or Alaska Native arts and crafts products within the United States. It is illegal to offer or display for sale, or sell any art or craft product in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced, an Indian product, or the product of a particular Indian or Indian Tribe or Indian arts and crafts organization, resident within the United States. For a first time violation of the Act, an individual can face civil or criminal penalties up to a $250,000 fine or a five-year prison term, or both. If a business violates the Act, it can face civil penalties or can be prosecuted and fined up to $1,000,000.

The law covers all Indian and Indian-style traditional and contemporary arts and crafts produced after 1935. The Act broadly applies to the marketing of arts and crafts by any person in the United States. Some traditional items frequently copied by non-Indians include Indian-style jewelry, pottery, baskets, carved stone fetishes, woven rugs, kachina figures, and clothing.

The Indian Arts and Crafts Board, an agency established in 1934, has responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the Act.