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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2754 

To amend the Hobby Protection Act to make unlawful the provision of 

assistance or support in violation of that Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 19, 2013 

Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. 

TERRY, Mr. SCALISE, and Mr. CASSIDY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Collectible Coin Pro5 tection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE OR SUPPORT. 

7 The Hobby Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) in section 2— 


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1 (A) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, or the 

2 sale in commerce’’ after ‘‘distribution in com3 merce’’; 

4 (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub5 section (e) and inserting after subsection (c) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(d) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE OR SUPPORT.—It 

8 shall be a violation of subsection (a) or (b) for a person 

9 to provide substantial assistance or support to any manu10 facturer, importer, or seller if that person knows or should 

11 have known that the manufacturer, importer, or seller is 

12 engaged in any act or practice that violates subsection (a) 

13 or (b).’’; and 

14 (C) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), 

15 by striking ‘‘and (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b), and 

16 (d)’’; 

17 (2) in section 3— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘If any person’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If any person’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘or has an agent’’ and in21 serting ‘‘, has an agent, transacts business, or 

22 wherever venue is proper under section 1391 of 

23 title 28, United States Code’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(b) TRADEMARK VIOLATIONS.—If the violation of 

2 section 2 (a) or (b) or a rule under section 2(c) also in3 volves unauthorized use of registered trademarks belong4 ing to a collectibles certification service, the owner of such 

5 trademarks shall have, in addition to the remedies pro6 vided in subsection (a), all rights provided under sections 

7 34, 35, and 36 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 

8 1116, 1117, and 1118) for violations of such Act.’’; and 

9 (3) in section 7, by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(8) The term ‘collectibles certification service’ 

12 means a person recognized by collectors for pro13 viding independent certification that collectible items 

14 are genuine. 

15 ‘‘(9) The term ‘Trademark Act of 1946’ means 

16 the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the registra17 tion and protection of trademarks used in commerce, 

18 to carry out the provisions of certain international 

19 conventions, and for other purposes’, approved July 

20 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.).’’. 

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