S. 4902 119th Congress Senate

PROTECT Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to prohibit a private entity from registering a trademark that is used by the United States Government for the purpos… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to prohibit a private entity from registering a trademark that is used by the United States Government for the purposes of Department of Defense or Armed Forces awards, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 24, 2026 Introduced by: Ted Cruz Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Jun 24, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jun 24, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4902: PROTECT Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4902/

MLA

"S. 4902: PROTECT Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4902/.

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S. 4902, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4902/.

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