HR 5657 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 17, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MIBill HuizengaOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-LARalph Lee AbrahamOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-NCRichard HudsonOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-FLRoss SpanoOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-MITim WalbergOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-GABarry LoudermilkJan 29, 2020
R-FLMichael WaltzMar 4, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 17, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Jan 17, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 17, 2020Introduced in House

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