119-s430

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 430 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 430

 To require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive 
 information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 5, 2025

 Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive 
 information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees.

 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 ``Transparency In Charges for Key 
Events Ticketing Act'' or the ``TICKET Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Commission; event ticket; ticket issuer.--The terms 
 ``Commission'', ``event ticket'', and ``ticket issuer'' have 
 the same meanings as in the Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 
 2016 (Public Law 114-274).

    (2) Base event ticket price.--The term ``base event ticket 
 price'' means, with respect to an event ticket, the price of 
 the event ticket excluding the cost of any event ticket fees.

    (3) Event.--The term ``event'' means any live concert, 
 theatrical performance, sporting event, show, or similarly 
 scheduled live activity, taking place in a venue with a seating 
 or attendance capacity exceeding 200 persons that is--
        (A) open to the general public; and
        (B) promoted, advertised, or marketed in interstate 
 commerce, or for which event tickets are generally sold 
 or distributed in interstate commerce.

    (4) Total event ticket price.--The term ``total event 
 ticket price'' means, with respect to an event ticket, the 
 total cost of the event ticket, including the base event ticket 
 price and any event ticket fees.

    (5) Event ticket fee.--The term ``event ticket fee'' means 
 a charge that must be paid in addition to the base event ticket 
 price in order to obtain an event ticket from a ticket issuer 
 or secondary market ticket issuer, including service fees, 
 charge and order processing fees, delivery fees, facility 
 charge fees, taxes, and other charges, and does not include any 
 charge or fee for an optional product or service associated 
 with the event that may be selected by a purchaser of an event 
 ticket.

    (6) Optional product or service.--The term ``optional 
 product or service'' means a product or service that an 
 individual does not need to purchase to use or take possession 
 of an event ticket.

    (7) Secondary market ticket issuer.--The term ``secondary 
 market ticket issuer'' means any entity for which it is in the 
 regular course of the trade or business of the entity to resell 
 or make a secondary sale of an event ticket to the general 
 public.

    (8) Resale; secondary sale.--The terms ``resale'' and 
 ``secondary sale'' mean any sale of an event ticket that occurs 
 after the initial sale of the event ticket by a ticket issuer.

SEC. 3. ALL-INCLUSIVE TICKET PRICE DISCLOSURE.

 Beginning 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, it 
shall be unlawful for a ticket issuer or secondary market ticket issuer 
to offer for sale an event ticket unless the ticket issuer or secondary 
market ticket issuer--

    (1) clearly and conspicuously displays the total event 
 ticket price, if a price is displayed, in any advertisement, 
 marketing, or price list wherever the ticket is offered for 
 sale;

    (2) clearly and conspicuously discloses to any individual 
 who seeks to purchase an event ticket the total event ticket 
 price at the time the ticket is first displayed to the 
 individual and anytime thereafter throughout the ticket 
 purchasing process; and

    (3) provides an itemized list of the base event ticket 
 price and each event ticket fee.

SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Unfair or Deceptive Act or Practice.--A violation of 

section 3 
shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or 
deceptive act or practice under 

section 18

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) of the Federal 
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) ).

    (b) Powers of the Commission.--

    (1) In general.--The Commission shall enforce 

section 3 in 
 the same manner, by the same means, and with the same 
 jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms 
 and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of this Act.

    (2) Privileges and immunities.--Any person who violates 
 

section 3 shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the 
 privileges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade 
 Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).

    (3) Authority preserved.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
 construed to limit the authority of the Commission under any 
 other provision of law.
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