[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6244 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6244

 To amend the Hobby Protection Act to require that imitation Civil War 
                   items be clearly marked as copies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2006

Mr. Moran of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Hobby Protection Act to require that imitation Civil War 
                   items be clearly marked as copies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR IMITATION CIVIL WAR ITEMS.

    (a) Marking Requirements.--Section 2 of the Hobby Protection Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2101) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (d) and (e), respectively, and by inserting after subsection 
        (b) the following:
    ``(c) Imitation Civil War Items.--The manufacture in the United 
States, or the importation into the United States, for introduction 
into or distribution in commerce of any imitation Civil War item which 
is not plainly and permanently marked `copy' or `facsimile' is unlawful 
and is an unfair and deceptive act or practice in commerce under the 
Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).'';
            (2) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``subsection (a) or (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (a), (b) 
        and(c)''; and
            (3) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking ``(a) and (b), and regulations 
                under subsection (c)'' and inserting ``(a), (b) and 
                (c), and regulations under subsection (d)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or imitation numismatic item'' 
                and inserting ``, imitation numismatic item, or 
                imitation Civil War item''.
    (b) Imitation Civil War Item Defined.--Section 7 of the Hobby 
Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 2106) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(8) The term `imitation Civil War item' means an item 
        which purports to be, but in fact is not, an original Civil War 
        item, or which is a reproduction, copy, facsimile, or 
        counterfeit of an original Civil War item.
            ``(9) The term `original Civil War item' means any firearm, 
        knife, sword, or other weapon, or any uniform or portion 
        thereof, or any accoutrement used during the period of the 
        American Civil War, or any such item in existence during and 
        related to the American Civil War.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--The Hobby Protection Act is further 
amended--
            (1) in section 3 (15 U.S.C. 2102), by striking ``section 
        2(a) or (b) or a rule under section 2(c)'' and inserting 
        ``subsections (a), (b) or (c) of section 2 or a rule under 
        section 2(d)''; and
            (2) in section 5 (15 U.S.C. 2104), by striking ``section 
        2(a) or (b) or a rule under section 2(c)'' and inserting 
        ``subsections (a), (b) or (c) of section 2 or a rule under 
        section 2(d)''.

SEC. 2. RULES PRESCRIBED BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

    In prescribing rules required under section 2(d) of the Hobby 
Protection Act (as redesignated by section 1(a) of this Act) relating 
to the amendments made by this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall 
prescribe rules relating to imitation Civil War items (as defined in 
the amendment made by section 1(b)) that are substantially similar to 
the rules prescribed by the Commission relating to imitation numismatic 
items.
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