[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3713 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3713

 To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration of 
marks consisting of a flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia of 
 the United States or of any State or local government, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2013

    Mr. Jeffries (for himself and Mr. Poe of Texas) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration of 
marks consisting of a flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia of 
 the United States or of any State or local government, 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. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN MARKS OF THE UNITED STATES AND STATE 
              AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

    Section 2(b) of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry 
out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other 
purposes'', approved July 6, 1946 (commonly referred to as the 
``Trademark Act of 1946''; 15 U.S.C. 1052(b)) is amended by inserting 
after ``simulation thereof'' the following: ``, except that this 
subsection shall not prevent the United States, or any State, 
municipality, county, political subdivision, or other governmental 
authority in the United States, from obtaining registration under this 
Act of any mark that consists of or comprises its own flag, coat of 
arms, or other official insignia''.
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