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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 430
5	5	To require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive information
6	6	to consumers about ticket prices and related fees.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY5, 2025
9	9	Mr. C
10	10	RUZintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to
11	11	the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive
14	14	information to consumers about ticket prices and related
15	15	fees.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency In 4
20	20	Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act’’ or the ‘‘TICKET 5
21	21	Act’’. 6
22	22	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7
23	23	In this Act: 8
24	24	(1) C
25	25	OMMISSION; EVENT TICKET ; TICKET 9
26	26	ISSUER.—The terms ‘‘Commission’’, ‘‘event ticket’’, 10
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30	30	and ‘‘ticket issuer’’ have the same meanings as in 1
31	31	the Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 (Public 2
32	32	Law 114–274). 3
33	33	(2) B
34	34	ASE EVENT TICKET PRICE .—The term 4
35	35	‘‘base event ticket price’’ means, with respect to an 5
36	36	event ticket, the price of the event ticket excluding 6
37	37	the cost of any event ticket fees. 7
38	38	(3) E
39	39	VENT.—The term ‘‘event’’ means any live 8
40	40	concert, theatrical performance, sporting event, 9
41	41	show, or similarly scheduled live activity, taking 10
42	42	place in a venue with a seating or attendance capac-11
43	43	ity exceeding 200 persons that is— 12
44	44	(A) open to the general public; and 13
45	45	(B) promoted, advertised, or marketed in 14
46	46	interstate commerce, or for which event tickets 15
47	47	are generally sold or distributed in interstate 16
48	48	commerce. 17
49	49	(4) T
50	50	OTAL EVENT TICKET PRICE .—The term 18
51	51	‘‘total event ticket price’’ means, with respect to an 19
52	52	event ticket, the total cost of the event ticket, includ-20
53	53	ing the base event ticket price and any event ticket 21
54	54	fees. 22
55	55	(5) E
56	56	VENT TICKET FEE .—The term ‘‘event 23
57	57	ticket fee’’ means a charge that must be paid in ad-24
58	58	dition to the base event ticket price in order to ob-25
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62	62	tain an event ticket from a ticket issuer or sec-1
63	63	ondary market ticket issuer, including service fees, 2
64	64	charge and order processing fees, delivery fees, facil-3
65	65	ity charge fees, taxes, and other charges, and does 4
66	66	not include any charge or fee for an optional product 5
67	67	or service associated with the event that may be se-6
68	68	lected by a purchaser of an event ticket. 7
69	69	(6) O
70	70	PTIONAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE .—The 8
71	71	term ‘‘optional product or service’’ means a product 9
72	72	or service that an individual does not need to pur-10
73	73	chase to use or take possession of an event ticket. 11
74	74	(7) S
75	75	ECONDARY MARKET TICKET ISSUER .—The 12
76	76	term ‘‘secondary market ticket issuer’’ means any 13
77	77	entity for which it is in the regular course of the 14
78	78	trade or business of the entity to resell or make a 15
79	79	secondary sale of an event ticket to the general pub-16
80	80	lic. 17
81	81	(8) R
82	82	ESALE; SECONDARY SALE .—The terms 18
83	83	‘‘resale’’ and ‘‘secondary sale’’ mean any sale of an 19
84	84	event ticket that occurs after the initial sale of the 20
85	85	event ticket by a ticket issuer. 21
86	86	SEC. 3. ALL-INCLUSIVE TICKET PRICE DISCLOSURE. 22
87	87	Beginning 120 days after the date of enactment of 23
88	88	this Act, it shall be unlawful for a ticket issuer or sec-24
89	89	ondary market ticket issuer to offer for sale an event tick-25
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93	93	et unless the ticket issuer or secondary market ticket 1
94	94	issuer— 2
95	95	(1) clearly and conspicuously displays the total 3
96	96	event ticket price, if a price is displayed, in any ad-4
97	97	vertisement, marketing, or price list wherever the 5
98	98	ticket is offered for sale; 6
99	99	(2) clearly and conspicuously discloses to any 7
100	100	individual who seeks to purchase an event ticket the 8
101	101	total event ticket price at the time the ticket is first 9
102	102	displayed to the individual and anytime thereafter 10
103	103	throughout the ticket purchasing process; and 11
104	104	(3) provides an itemized list of the base event 12
105	105	ticket price and each event ticket fee. 13
106	106	SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT. 14
107	107	(a) U
108	108	NFAIR ORDECEPTIVEACT ORPRACTICE.—A 15
109	109	violation of section 3 shall be treated as a violation of a 16
110	110	rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice under 17
111	111	section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 18
112	112	(15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 19
113	113	(b) P
114	114	OWERS OF THECOMMISSION.— 20
115	115	(1) I
116	116	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall en-21
117	117	force section 3 in the same manner, by the same 22
118	118	means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and 23
119	119	duties as though all applicable terms and provisions 24
120	120	of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 25
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124	124	et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of 1
125	125	this Act. 2
126	126	(2) P
127	127	RIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES .—Any person 3
128	128	who violates section 3 shall be subject to the pen-4
129	129	alties and entitled to the privileges and immunities 5
130	130	provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 6
131	131	U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 7
132	132	(3) A
133	133	UTHORITY PRESERVED .—Nothing in this 8
134	134	Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the 9
135	135	Commission under any other provision of law. 10
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