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1: Short title

This section would give the Act the short title "Prohibiting Repressive Officials from Titular Engravings, Commemorations, and Tributes Act," which may also be called the "PROTECT Act."

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prohibiting Repressive Officials from Titular Engravings, Commemorations, and Tributes Act or the PROTECT Act .

2: Prohibiting Repressive Officials from Titular Engravings, Commemorations, and Tributes

This section would provide that, despite any other law, no Federal building, land, or other asset may be named, renamed, designated, or redesignated in the name of Donald J. Trump, and that no Federal funds may be used to name, rename, designate, or redesignate any Federal building, land, or other asset in his name. It would also require that any Federal building, land, or other asset that is named after Donald J. Trump as of the date this Act becomes law be returned to the name that Federal law had given it.

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2. Prohibiting Repressive Officials from Titular Engravings, Commemorations, and Tributes (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) no Federal building, land, or other asset may be named, renamed, designated, or redesignated in the name of Donald J. Trump; and (2) no Federal funds may be used to name, rename, designate, or redesignate any Federal building, land, or other asset in the name of Donald J. Trump. (b) Applicability Any Federal building, land, or other asset named after Donald J. Trump as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be returned to the name given to that Federal building, land, or other asset by Federal law.

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