[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1999 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1999

 To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration of 
marks consisting of the flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia 
 of the United States, any State or municipality of the United States, 
                         or any foreign nation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2019

Mr. Jeffries (for himself and Mrs. Roby) 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 the flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia 
 of the United States, any State or municipality of the United States, 
                         or any foreign nation.

    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 ``Fair Licensing Access for 
Governments Act of 2019'' or the ``FLAG Act of 2019''.

SECTION 2. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN MARKS CONSISTING OF FLAGS, COATS OF 
              ARMS, OR OTHER INSIGNIA.

    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 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as the 
``Trademark Act of 1946''; 15 U.S.C. 1052(b)) is amended by inserting 
``except by the written consent of the competent authority'' after 
``simulation thereof''.
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