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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2257
§ 2257. Use of recruiting materials for public re-
lations
The Secretary of Defense may use for public
relations purposes of the Department of Defense
any advertising materials developed for use for
recruitment and retention of personnel for the
armed forces. Any such use shall be under such
conditions and subject to such restrictions as
the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe.
(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 574(a),
Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 624.)
§ 2259. Transit pass program: personnel in poor
air quality areas
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—To encour-
age Department of Defense personnel assigned
to duty, or employed, in poor air quality areas
to use means other than single-occupancy motor
vehicles to commute to or from the location of
their duty assignments, the Secretary of De-
fense shall exercise the authority provided in
section 7905 of title 5 to establish a program to
provide a transit pass benefit under subsection
(b)(2)(A) of that section for members of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space
Force who are assigned to duty, and to Depart-
ment of Defense civilian officers and employees
who are employed, in a poor air quality area.
(b) POOR AIR QUALITY AREAS.—In this section,
the term ‘‘poor air quality area’’ means an
area—
(1) that is subject to the national ambient
air quality standards promulgated by the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency under section 109 of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7409); and
(2) that, as determined by the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency, is a
nonattainment area with respect to any of
those standards.
(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X,
§ 1082(a)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–285
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2257
§ 2257. Use of recruiting materials for public re-
lations
The Secretary of Defense may use for public
relations purposes of the Department of Defense
any advertising materials developed for use for
recruitment and retention of personnel for the
armed forces. Any such use shall be under such
conditions and subject to such restrictions as
the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe.
(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 574(a),
Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 624.)
§ 2259. Transit pass program: personnel in poor
air quality areas
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—To encour-
age Department of Defense personnel assigned
to duty, or employed, in poor air quality areas
to use means other than single-occupancy motor
vehicles to commute to or from the location of
their duty assignments, the Secretary of De-
fense shall exercise the authority provided in
section 7905 of title 5 to establish a program to
provide a transit pass benefit under subsection
(b)(2)(A) of that section for members of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space
Force who are assigned to duty, and to Depart-
ment of Defense civilian officers and employees
who are employed, in a poor air quality area.
(b) POOR AIR QUALITY AREAS.—In this section,
the term ‘‘poor air quality area’’ means an
area—
(1) that is subject to the national ambient
air quality standards promulgated by the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency under section 109 of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7409); and
(2) that, as determined by the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency, is a
nonattainment area with respect to any of
those standards.
(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X,
§ 1082(a)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–285;
amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX,
§ 924(b)(1)(O), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3820.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘Marine
Corps, and Space Force’’ for ‘‘and Marine Corps’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION
Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1082(b)], Oct. 30,
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–285, provided that: ‘‘The Sec-
retary of Defense shall prescribe the effective date for
the transit pass program required under section 2259 of
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
The effective date so prescribed may not be later than
the first day of the first month that begins on or after
the date that is 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act [Oct. 30, 2000].’’
§ 2260. Licensing of intellectual property: reten-
tion of fees
(a) AUTHORITY.—Under regulations prescribed
by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of
Homeland Security, the Secretary concerned
may license trademarks, service marks, certifi-
cation marks, and collective marks owned or
controlled by the Secretary concerned and may
retain and expend fees received from such licens-
ing in accordance with this section.
(b) DESIGNATED MARKS.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall designate the trademarks, service
marks,
certification
marks,
and
collective
marks regarding which the Secretary will exer-
cise the authority to retain licensing fees under
this section.
(c) LICENSES FOR QUALIFYING COMPANIES.—(1)
The Secretary concerned may license trade-
marks, service marks, certification marks, and
collective marks owned or controlled by the
Secretary relating to military designations and
likenesses of military weapons systems to any
qualifying company upon receipt of a request
from the company.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a qualifying
company is any United States company that—
(A) is a toy or hobby manufacturer; and
(B) is determined by the Secretary con-
cerned to be qualified in accordance with such
criteria as determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary of Defense.
(3) The fee for a license under this subsection
shall not exceed by more than a nominal
amount the amount needed to recover all costs
of the Department of Defense in processing the
request for the license and supplying the license.
(4) A license to a qualifying company under
this subsection shall provide that the license
may not be transferred, sold, or relicensed by
the qualifying company.
(5) A license under this subsection shall not be
an exclusive license.
(d) USE
OF FEES.—The Secretary concerned
shall use fees retained under this section for the
following purposes:
(1) For payment of the following costs in-
curred by the Secretary:
(A) Costs of securing trademark registra-
tions.
(B) Costs of operating the licensing pro-
gram under this section.
(2) For morale, welfare, and recreation ac-
tivities under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary, to the extent (if any) that the total
amount of the licensing fees available under
this section for a fiscal year exceed the total
amount needed for such fiscal year under para-
graph (1).
(e) AVAILABILITY.—Fees received in a fiscal
year and retained under this section shall be
available for obligation in such fiscal year and
the following two fiscal years.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The terms ‘‘trademark’’, ‘‘service mark’’,
‘‘certification mark’’, and ‘‘collective mark’’
have the meanings given such terms in section
45 of the Act of July 5, 1946 (commonly re-
ferred to as the Trademark Act of 1946; 15
U.S.C. 1127).
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the
meaning provided in section 101(a)(9) of this
title and also includes—
(A) the Secretary of Defense, with respect
to matters concerning the Defense Agencies
and Department of Defense Field Activities;
and
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**(a) Establishment of Program.—** To encourage Department of Defense personnel assigned to duty, or employed, in poor air quality areas to use means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles to commute to or from the location of their duty assignments, the Secretary of Defense shall exercise the authority provided in [section 7905 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7905&num=0&edition=prelim) to establish a program to provide a transit pass benefit under subsection (b)(2)(A) of that section for members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force who are assigned to duty, and to Department of Defense civilian officers and employees who are employed, in a poor air quality area.
**(b) Poor Air Quality Areas.—** In this section, the term “poor air quality area” means an area—
(1) that is subject to the national ambient air quality standards promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 109 of the Clean Air Act ([42 U.S.C. 7409](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7409&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(2) that, as determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is a nonattainment area with respect to any of those standards.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 1127
fective business or commercial establishment in a for-
eign country which was a party to the International
Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property,
or the General Inter-American Convention for Trade
Mark and Commercial Protection, or any other conven-
tion or treaty relating to trademarks, trade, or com-
mercial names.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 87–772 inserted ‘‘certification or
a’’ after ‘‘accompanied by a’’ and struck out ‘‘applica-
tion for or’’ before ‘‘registration’’.
1961—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87–333 inserted par. at end
authorizing the right provided by this section to be
based upon a subsequent application in the same for-
eign country, instead of the first application, provided
that any foreign application filed prior to such subse-
quent one was withdrawn, or otherwise disposed of,
without having been open to public inspection and
without leaving any rights outstanding, nor any basis
for claiming priority.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1999 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–113 effective 4 months
after Nov. 29, 1999, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4731]
of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 1 of
Title 35, Patents.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–330 effective on the date
that is 1 year after Oct. 30, 1998, see section 110 of Pub.
L. 105–330, set out as a note under section 1051 of this
title.
For provisions relating to applicability of amend-
ment by Pub. L. 105–330 to applications for registration
of trademarks, see section 109(b) of Pub. L. 105–330, set
out as a note under section 1051 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–667 effective one year
after Nov. 16, 1988, see s
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**(a) Promulgation**
(1) The Administrator—
(A) within 30 days after December 31, 1970, shall publish proposed regulations prescribing a national primary ambient air quality standard and a national secondary ambient air quality standard for each air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued prior to such date; and
(B) after a reasonable time for interested persons to submit written comments thereon (but no later than 90 days after the initial publication of such proposed standards) shall by regulation promulgate such proposed national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards with such modifications as he deems appropriate.
(2) With respect to any air pollutant for which air quality criteria are issued after December 31, 1970, the Administrator shall publish, simultaneously with the issuance of such criteria and information, proposed national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for any such pollutant. The procedure provided for in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection shall apply to the promulgation of such standards.
**(b) Protection of public health and welfare**
(1) National primary ambient air quality standards, prescribed under subsection (a) shall be ambient air quality standards the attainment and maintenance of which in the judgment of the Administrator, based on such criteria and allowing an adequate margin of safety, are requisite to protect the public health. Such primary standards may be revised in the same manner as promulgated.
(2) Any national secondary ambient air quality standard prescribed under subsection (a) shall specify a level of air quality the attainment and maintenance of which in the judgment of the Administrator, based on such criteria, is requisite to protect the public welfare from any know
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 7409
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
November 15, 1990, referred to in subsec. (e), was in
the original ‘‘enactment of the Clean Air Act Amend-
ments of 1989’’, and was translated as meaning the date
of the enactment of Pub. L. 101–549, popularly known as
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, to reflect the
probable intent of Congress.
Section was formerly classified to section 1857c–3 of
this title.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 108 of act July 14, 1955, was renum-
bered section 115 by Pub. L. 91–604 and is classified to
section 7415 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
1998—Subsec. (f)(3), (4). Pub. L. 105–362 struck out par.
(3), which required reports by the Secretary of Trans-
portation and the Administrator to be submitted to
Congress by Jan. 1, 1993, and every 3 years thereafter,
reviewing and analyzing existing State and local air
quality related transportation programs, evaluating
achievement of goals, and recommending changes to
existing programs, and par. (4), which required that in
each report after the first report the Secretary of
Transportation include a description of the actions
taken to implement the changes recommended in the
preceding report.
1990—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101–549, § 108(a), inserted
first sentence and struck out former first sentence
which read as follows: ‘‘The Administrator shall, after
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and
State and local officials and within 180 days after Au-
gust 7, 1977, and from time to time thereafter, publish
guidelines on the basic program elements for the plan-
ning process assisted under section 7505 of this title.’’
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 101–549, § 108(b), in introductor
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