50 U.S.C. § 3233 — Misuse of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence name, initials, or seal
submitted 79 years ago by Pub. L. 111-259 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 207 words · no verdicts yet
Without written permission, a person may not use the ODNI name, initials, or seal in a way that suggests official approval. The Attorney General may ask a federal district court to stop such conduct.
(a) Prohibited acts. Without written permission from the Director of National Intelligence* or the Director’s designee, a person may not knowingly use “Office of the Director of National Intelligence,” “ODNI,” the ODNI seal, or a similar version in merchandise, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity when the use is reasonably likely to suggest that the Director approved, endorsed, or authorized it.
(b) Injunction. If the Attorney General believes a person is engaging in, or is about to engage in, conduct prohibited by subsection (a), the Attorney General may start a civil case in a U.S. district court to stop it. The court must hear and decide the case as soon as practicable and may issue restraining orders, prohibitions, or other warranted measures before final decision to prevent injury to the United States or to protected people or groups.
No person may, except with the written permission of the Director of National Intelligence*, or a designee of the Director, knowingly use the words “Office of the Director of National Intelligence”, the initials “ODNI”, the seal of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or any colorable imitation of such words, initials, or seal in connection with any merchandise, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Director of National Intelligence.
Whenever it appears to the Attorney General that any person is engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by subsection (a), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court shall proceed as soon as practicable to the hearing and determination of such action and may, at any time before final determination, enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such other action as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United States or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought.
Source credit: (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title XI, § 1103, as added Pub. L. 111–259, title IV, § 413(a), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2726.)
- 1947Enacted · Pub. L. 111-259 · 124 Stat. 2726
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