Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection Act of 2022
This bill prohibits the use of the seal of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that DHS or any organizational component or element of it has approved, endorsed, or authorized such use, except with the written permission of DHS.
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit misuse of the 
     Department of Homeland Security seal, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland Security Seal 
Protection Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON MISUSE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
              SEAL.

    Subsection (a) of section 875 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 455) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Seal.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Department shall have a seal, the 
        design of which shall be subject to the approval of the 
        President.
            ``(2) Protection of seal.--Except with the written 
        permission of the Secretary, no person may knowingly use the 
        seal, or any colorable imitation thereof, of the Department in 
        a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that 
        the Department or any organizational component or element of 
        the Department has approved, endorsed, or authorized such use.
            ``(3) Construction.--Nothing in this subsection may be 
        construed to restrict the use of the seal of the Department by 
        officers and employees of the Department in their course of 
        their official duties.
            ``(4) Existing design.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 
        nothing in this subsection renders unlawful the use of any seal 
        of the Department the design of which was lawful as of the date 
        of the enactment of this subsection.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 348

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7778

                          [Report No. 117-446]

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Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection Act of 2022
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit misuse of the Department of Homeland Security seal, and for other purposes.
Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection Act of 2022
Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection Act
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G.