[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1816 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1816

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 12 (legislative day, December 11), 2013

 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Schumer) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and 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 insignia of the 
    United States, or 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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