A bill to protect hobbyists against the reproduction or manufacture of imitation hobby items and to provide additional protections for American hobbyists.
Hobby Protection Act - States that the manufacture in the United States for introduction into commerce of any hobby item: (1) which is a reproduction of a political button, poster, sticker, literature, or any advertisement used in any political cause, and (2) which is not plainly marked with the calendar year in which manufactured is unlawful, and shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Requires any coin or other numismatic item to be marked "representation", and to bear the date of manufacture.
Authorize the Federal Trade Commission to prevent any violation of the above provisions.
Provides that on request of any citizen of the United States who receives through the mails unsolicited, for approval, hobby items from any person, the U.S. Postal Service shall not deliver any mail from such person to the person making such request.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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