Sec. 7506. Restoration of 4-H name and emblem authority
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H name and emblem authority In this section: H club The term 4-H club means a 4-H club recognized under the 4-H Program. The term 4-H club includes an authorized agent of a 4-H club. H emblem or name The term 4-H emblem or name means the 4-H sign or emblem, consisting of a green four-leaf clover with stem and the letter H in white or gold on each leaflet, and the words 4-H , 4-H Club , and 4-H Clubs , used to identify and distinguish the 4-H Program and the activities, clubs, members, goods, and services of the 4-H Program.
H Program The term 4-H Program means the youth development program of the land-grant colleges or universities, the Cooperative Extension System (as defined by the Secretary), and the Department of Agriculture. The term 4-H Program includes an authorized agent of the 4-H Program. The term land-grant college or university means an 1862 Institution, an 1890 Institution, or a 1994 Institution (as those terms are defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7601 )).
The term land-grant college or university includes an authorized agent of a land-grant college or university. Any civil act or action of the 4-H Program, a 4-H club, the Secretary, or a land-grant college or university taken with respect to the use of the 4-H emblem or name, or the recognition of any 4-H club, during the period beginning on May 8, 1914, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act, is deemed to be of legal force and effect and ratified as if section 1002(3) of the Clean Up the Code Act of 2019 (title X of division O of Public Law 116–260 ; 134 Stat. 2155) had not been enacted into law.
Nothing in this subsection affects the effect on criminal law of the repeal made by section 1002(3) of the Clean Up the Code Act of 2019 (title X of division O of Public Law 116–260 ; 134 Stat. 2155). H emblem or name; fees; deposits The Secretary may— use the 4-H emblem or name; and grant authorizations to use the 4-H emblem or name, as provided by regulations issued by the Secretary. An authorization under paragraph
(1)may be granted— without a fee or other consideration; or for a fee or other consideration. The Secretary shall deposit into a special account any fees collected under paragraph (2)(B), the amounts in which shall remain available to the Secretary until expended, without further appropriation, for furthering the 4-H Program. H emblem or name Whoever, other than the 4-H Program, a 4-H club, the Department of Agriculture, a land-grant college or university, and those authorized by them, uses in commerce the 4-H emblem or name or any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of the 4-H emblem or name to indicate membership in an association, organization, or other collective group, or in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods or services, on or in connection with which that use is likely to cause confusion, to cause mistake, or to deceive as to membership or participation in, an affiliation, connection, or association with, or authorization or approval by, a 4-H club or the 4-H Program, shall be subject to the civil action in paragraph (2). The Attorney General on behalf of the Secretary, or contract counsel procured by the Secretary, may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court of the United States against whoever engages in any of the prohibited acts described in paragraph
(1)for the remedies provided in the Act of July 5, 1946 (commonly known as the Trademark Act of 1946 or the Lanham Act ) ( 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq. ). Nothing in this section makes unlawful the use of any emblem, name, sign, symbol, insignia, or words that was lawful on December 26, 2020. Nothing in this section limits the authority of the Secretary to delegate authority of the Secretary as otherwise authorized by law.
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Sec. 7506
Restoration of 4-H name and emblem authority
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