{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-453","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":453,"title":"Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-01-15","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"S001214","fullName":"Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]","party":"R","state":"FL","district":17}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-01-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services."},"policyArea":"Armed Forces and National Security","subjects":["Administrative law and regulatory procedures","Department of Defense","Intellectual property","Licensing and registrations","Religion","Retail and wholesale trades"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><b>Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>The bill applies retroactively to September 13, 2013. </p>","updateDate":"2026-07-18T00:05:31Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":8029,"ts":"2026-08-28T07:49:52.526Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Religious%20Insignia%20on%20Dog%20Tags%20Act"}]}}