Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act

HR 392, the Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act, requires the Department of Defense to update military ID policies within 90 days to allow religious symbols to be combined with official military trademarks on commercial dog tags sold by licensed vendors. This directly affects military personnel who wear dog tags and the companies authorized to produce and sell them under military trademark licenses. The bill mandates that the Department of Defense revise Directive 5535.12 to permit religious insignia on these tags, effective retroactively from September 13, 2013. The change formalizes an existing practice without altering military ID standards or requiring new equipment.