H.R. 453 119th Congress House

Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act

Official title: 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 Defe… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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 commercial identification tags (commonly known as "dog tags") and to be sold by lawful trademark licensees, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: W. Gregory Steube Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of DefenseIntellectual propertyLicensing and registrations

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Jan 15, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to allow trademarks owned or controlled by DOD to be combined with religious insignia on commercial identification tags (i.e., dog tags) and to be sold by lawful trademark licensees.

The bill applies retroactively to September 13, 2013.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 453: Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-453/

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"H.R. 453: Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-453/.

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H.R. 453, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-453/.

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