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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2754 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2754

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen

                                 An Act

 
  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 should have known 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.
        ``(9) The term `Trademark Act of 1946' means the Act entitled 
    `An Act to provide for the registration and protection of 
    trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain 
    international conventions, and for other purposes', approved July 
    5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.).''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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