Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1028 To direct the Secretary of Defense to revise and update the Department of Defense regulations to allow trademarks owned or controlled by the Department of Defense to be combined with religious insignia on com- mercial identification tags (commonly known as ‘‘dog tags’’) and to be sold by lawful trademark licensees, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. GOHMERT, and Mr. GAETZ) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to revise and update the Department of Defense regulations to allow trade- marks owned or controlled by the Department of Defense to be combined with religious insignia on commercial identification tags (commonly known as ‘‘dog tags’’) and to be sold by lawful trademark licensees, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:41 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1028.IH H1028 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1028 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Religious Insignia on 2 Dog Tags Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. RELIGIOUS INSIGNIA ON COMMERCIAL IDENTIFICA- 4 TION TAGS. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 7 shall review and update Department of Defense Directive 8 5535.12 and any associated regulations to allow trade- 9 marks owned or controlled by the Department of Defense 10 to be combined with religious insignia on commercial iden- 11 tification tags (commonly known as ‘‘dog tags’’) and to 12 be sold by lawful trademark licensees. 13 (b) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The update to 14 the Directive under subsection (a) shall be deemed to have 15 taken effect on September 13, 2013. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:41 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1028.IH H1028 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS