,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dijb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,cruz introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend the ,trademark ,act  
of #aidf to prohibit a private entity   
from registering a trademark that is    
used by the ,united ,states ,government 
for the purposes of ,department of      
,defense or ,armed ,forces awards1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,preservation of ,rights and ,ownership 
of ,traditional ,emblems1 ,crests1 and  
,tributes ,act or the ,,protect ,act4   
#b4 ,registration of trademarks  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #b of the ,act        
entitled ,an ,act to provide for the    
registration and protection of          
trademarks used in commerce1 to carry   
out the provisions of certain           
international conventions1 and for other
 purposes1 approved ,july #e1 #aidf     

7commonly known as the ,trademark ,act  
of #aidf7 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ajeb71 is     
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
subsection 7f7 as subsection 7g72  7#b7 
by inserting after subsection 7e7 the   
following3  7f7 ,is authorized1 issued1 
or controlled by the ,government for the
 purposes of ,department of ,defense or 
,armed ,forces awards1 decorations1     
campaign and service ribbons1 or medals1
 except that such a mark may be         
registered at the discretion of the     
agency or department of the ,government 
that controls the official use of the   
mark4  2 and  7#c7 in subsection 7g71 as
 so redesignated-- 7,a7 in the first    
sentence1 by striking and 7e77#e7 and   
inserting 7e77#e71 and 7f72 and  7,b7 by
 adding at the end the following3       
,nothing in subsection 7f7 may be       
construed to prohibit the continued use 
of a mark on or after the date of       
enactment of the ,preservation of       
,rights and ,ownership of ,traditional  
,emblems1 ,crests1 and ,tributes ,act by

 any person or entity1 including a      
nonprofit organization1 if that person  
or entity was using that mark before    
that date of enactment and that use was 
lawful before that date of enactment1   
except that1 on and after that date of  
enactment1 no person or entity other    
than an agency or department of the     
,government described in that subsection
 may register such a mark on the        
principal register44  7b7 ,technical and
 conforming amendments ,the ,act        
entitled ,an ,act to provide for the    
registration and protection of          
trademarks used in commerce1 to carry   
out the provisions of certain           
international conventions1 and for other
 purposes1 approved ,july #e1 #aidf     
7commonly known as the ,trademark ,act  
of #aidf7 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ajea et seq471
 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #a7;d77#a7
 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ajea7;d77#a771 by      
striking subsections 7a7 through 7e7 of 
section #b and inserting subsections 7a7
 through 7f7 of section #b2 and  7#b7 in

 section #bf 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ajid71 by  
striking #b7;f7 and inserting #b7;g74