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Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act
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.
Summary
This bill directs the Secretary of Defense to update Department of Defense regulations within 90 days to allow military trademarks to be combined with religious insignia on commercial dog tags sold by authorized licensees. The regulation change would permit service members and others to purchase dog tags that display both military branding and religious symbols. The update is given a retroactive effective date of September 13, 2013.
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Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to W. Gregory Steube’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CHENEY BROTHERS $7,800
- NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT $6,600
- STEPHENS, INC. $6,600
- NEPTUNE WELLNESS SOLUTIONS $6,600
- COOLTODAY $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for W. Gregory Steube → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Jan 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2025
Mr. Steube introduced 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 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act”.
SEC. 2. RELIGIOUS INSIGNIA ON COMMERCIAL IDENTIFICATION TAGS.
(a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall review and update Department of Defense Directive 5535.12 and any associated 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.
(b) Retroactive Effective Date.—The update to the Directive under subsection (a) shall be deemed to have taken effect on September 13, 2013. <all>
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