I 
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. 
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 
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 Representa-
tives 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 insert-
ing after subsection (b) the following: 
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‘‘(c) IMITATION CIVIL WAR ITEMS.—The manufac-
ture in the United States, or the importation into the 
United States, for introduction into or distribution in com-
merce 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 ‘‘sub-
section (a), (b) and(c)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) and (b), and regula-
tions 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 amend-
ed 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, 
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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 Pro-
tection 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 COM-
MISSION. 
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 relat-
ing to imitation Civil War items (as defined in the amend-
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ment made by section 1(b)) that are substantially similar 
to the rules prescribed by the Commission relating to imi-
tation numismatic items. 
Æ 
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