[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5977 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5977

  To amend the Hobby Protection Act to make unlawful the provision of 
assistance or support in violation of that Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2012

Mr. Smith of Texas (for himself and Mr. Upton) 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 make unlawful the provision of 
assistance or support in violation of that Act, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Collectible Coin Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE OR SUPPORT.

    The Hobby Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 2--
                    (A) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, or the sale 
                in commerce'' after ``distribution in commerce'';
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
                (e) and inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Provision of Assistance or Support.--It shall be a violation 
of subsection (a) or (b) for a person to provide substantial assistance 
or support to any manufacturer, importer, or seller if that person 
knows or consciously avoids knowing that the manufacturer, importer, or 
seller is engaged in any act or practice that violates subsection (a) 
or (b).''; and
                    (C) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``and (b)'' and inserting ``(b), and (d)'';
            (2) in section 3--
                    (A) by striking ``If any person'' and inserting 
                ``(a) In General.--If any person'';
                    (B) by striking ``or has an agent'' and inserting 
                ``, has an agent, transacts business, or wherever venue 
                is proper under section 1391 of title 28, United States 
                Code''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Trademark Violations.--If the violation of section 2 (a) or 
(b) or a rule under section 2(c) also involves unauthorized use of 
registered trademarks belonging to a collectibles certification 
service, the owner of such trademarks shall have, in addition to the 
remedies provided in subsection (a), all rights provided under sections 
34, 35, and 36 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1116, 1117, and 
1118) for violations of such Act.''; and
            (3) in section 7, by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) The term `collectibles certification service' means a 
        person recognized by collectors for providing independent 
        certification that collectible items are genuine.''.
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