House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to revise and update the Department of Defense regulations to allow trademarks owned or controlled by the Department of Defense to be combined with religious insignia on commercial identification tags (commonly known as "dog tags") and to be sold by lawful trademark licensees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. W. Steube R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 453.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEUBE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H187):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 453, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/453
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Steube.
- H.R. 5366 (119th) Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act
- H.R. 6495 (119th) Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act
- H.R. 9498 (119th) Taxpayer Advocate Participation Act
- H.R. 28 (119th) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
- H.R. 1028 (119th) Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 2026
- H.R. 539 (119th) Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.