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Calendar No. 207 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1303 

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 

APRIL 26, 2023 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Ms. CANTWELL) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 

Reported by Ms. CANTWELL, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive 

information to consumers about ticket prices and related 

fees. 

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 ‘‘Transparency In 

5 Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act’’ or the ‘‘TICKET 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) COMMISSION; EVENT; EVENT TICKET; TICK4 ET ISSUER.—The terms ‘‘Commission’’, ‘‘event’’, 

5 ‘‘event ticket’’, and ‘‘ticket issuer’’ have the same 

6 meanings as in the Better Online Ticket Sales Act 

7 of 2016 (Public Law 114–274). 

8 (2) BASE EVENT TICKET PRICE.—The term 

9 ‘‘base event ticket price’’ means, with respect to an 

10 event ticket, the price of the event ticket excluding 

11 the cost of any event ticket fees. 

12 (3) TOTAL EVENT TICKET PRICE.—The term 

13 ‘‘total event ticket price’’ means, with respect to an 

14 event ticket, the total cost of the event ticket, includ15 ing the base event ticket price and any event ticket 

16 fees. 

17 (4) EVENT TICKET FEE.—The term ‘‘event 

18 ticket fee’’ means a charge that must be paid in ad19 dition to the base event ticket price in order to ob20 tain an event ticket from a ticket issuer or sec21 ondary market ticket issuer, including service fees, 

22 charge and order processing fees, delivery fees, facil23 ity charge fees, taxes, and other charges, and does 

24 not include any charge or fee for an optional product 

25 or service associated with the event that may be se26 lected by a purchaser of an event ticket. 


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1 (5) OPTIONAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE.—The 

2 term ‘‘optional product or service’’ means a product 

3 or service that an individual does not need to pur4 chase to use or take possession of an event ticket. 

5 (6) SECONDARY MARKET TICKET ISSUER.—The 

6 term ‘‘secondary market ticket issuer’’ means any 

7 entity for which it is in the regular course of the 

8 trade or business of the entity to resell or make a 

9 secondary sale of an event ticket to the general pub10 lic. 

11 (7) RESALE; SECONDARY SALE.—The terms 

12 ‘‘resale’’ and ‘‘secondary sale’’ mean any sale of an 

13 event ticket that occurs after the initial sale of the 

14 event ticket by a ticket issuer. 

15 SEC. 3. TICKET TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS. 

16 (a) DISCLOSURE OF PRICING INFORMATION.—Begin17 ning 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, it 

18 shall be unlawful for a ticket issuer or secondary market 

19 ticket issuer to offer for sale an event ticket unless the 

20 ticket issuer or secondary market ticket issuer clearly and 

21 conspicuously displays the total event ticket price in any 

22 advertisement, marketing, or price list wherever the ticket 

23 is offered for sale and clearly and conspicuously discloses 

24 to any individual who seeks to purchase an event ticket 

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1 vidual’s selection of an event ticket to purchase, the total 

2 event ticket price and an itemized list of the base event 

3 ticket price and each event ticket fee. 

4 (b) DISCLOSURE OF SPECULATIVE TICKETING.—Be5 ginning 90 days after enactment of this Act, it shall be 

6 unlawful for a ticket issuer or secondary market ticket 

7 issuer that does not have actual or constructive possession 

8 of an event ticket to sell or offer for sale the event ticket 

9 unless the ticket issuer or secondary market ticket issuer 

10 displays in a clear and conspicuous manner and prior to 

11 an individual’s selection of an event ticket to purchase a 

12 statement that the ticket issuer or secondary market ticket 

13 issuer does not possess the ticket at the time the ticket 

14 is being sold or offered for sale. 

15 SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT. 

16 (a) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACT OR PRACTICE.—A 

17 violation of section 3 shall be treated as a violation of a 

18 rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice under 

19 section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 

20 (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 

21 (b) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall en23 force section 3 in the same manner, by the same 

24 means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and 

25 duties as though all applicable terms and provisions 


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1 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 

2 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of 

3 this Act. 

4 (2) PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.—Any person 

5 who violates section 3 shall be subject to the pen6 alties and entitled to the privileges and immunities 

7 provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 

8 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 

9 (3) AUTHORITY PRESERVED.—Nothing in this 

10 Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the 

11 Commission under any other provision of law. 

12 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in 

14 Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act’’ or the ‘‘TICKET 

15 Act’’. 

16 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) COMMISSION; EVENT TICKET; TICKET

19 ISSUER.—The terms ‘‘Commission’’, ‘‘event ticket’’, 

20 and ‘‘ticket issuer’’ have the same meanings as in the 

21 Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 (Public Law 

22 114–274). 

23 (2) BASE EVENT TICKET PRICE.—The term ‘‘base 

24 event ticket price’’ means, with respect to an event 


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1 ticket, the price of the event ticket excluding the cost 

2 of any event ticket fees. 

3 (3) EVENT.—The term ‘‘event’’ means any live 

4 concert, theatrical performance, sporting event, show, 

5 or similarly scheduled live activity, taking place in a 

6 venue with a seating or attendance capacity exceeding 

7 200 persons that is— 

8 (A) open to the general public; and 

9 (B) promoted, advertised, or marketed in 

10 interstate commerce, or for which event tickets 

11 are generally sold or distributed in interstate 

12 commerce. 

13 (4) TOTAL EVENT TICKET PRICE.—The term 

14 ‘‘total event ticket price’’ means, with respect to an 

15 event ticket, the total cost of the event ticket, includ16 ing the base event ticket price and any event ticket 

17 fees. 

18 (5) EVENT TICKET FEE.—The term ‘‘event ticket 

19 fee’’ means a charge that must be paid in addition 

20 to the base event ticket price in order to obtain an 

21 event ticket from a ticket issuer or secondary market 

22 ticket issuer, including service fees, charge and order 

23 processing fees, delivery fees, facility charge fees, 

24 taxes, and other charges, and does not include any 

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1 ated with the event that may be selected by a pur2 chaser of an event ticket. 

3 (6) OPTIONAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE.—The term 

4 ‘‘optional product or service’’ means a product or 

5 service that an individual does not need to purchase 

6 to use or take possession of an event ticket. 

7 (7) SECONDARY MARKET TICKET ISSUER.—The 

8 term ‘‘secondary market ticket issuer’’ means any en9 tity for which it is in the regular course of the trade 

10 or business of the entity to resell or make a secondary 

11 sale of an event ticket to the general public. 

12 (8) RESALE; SECONDARY SALE.—The terms ‘‘re13 sale’’ and ‘‘secondary sale’’ mean any sale of an event 

14 ticket that occurs after the initial sale of the event 

15 ticket by a ticket issuer. 

16 SEC. 3. ALL-INCLUSIVE TICKET PRICE DISCLOSURE. 

17 Beginning 120 days after the date of enactment of this 

18 Act, it shall be unlawful for a ticket issuer or secondary 

19 market ticket issuer to offer for sale an event ticket unless 

20 the ticket issuer or secondary market ticket issuer— 

21 (1) clearly and conspicuously displays the total 

22 event ticket price, if a price is displayed, in any ad23 vertisement, marketing, or price list wherever the tick24 et is offered for sale; 


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1 (2) clearly and conspicuously discloses to any in2 dividual who seeks to purchase an event ticket the 

3 total event ticket price at the time the ticket is first 

4 displayed to the individual and anytime thereafter 

5 throughout the ticket purchasing process; and 

6 (3) provides an itemized list of the base event 

7 ticket price and each event ticket fee. 

8 SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT. 

9 (a) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACT OR PRACTICE.—A vio10 lation of section 3 shall be treated as a violation of a rule 

11 defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice under section 

12 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 

13 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 

14 (b) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall enforce 

16 section 3 in the same manner, by the same means, 

17 and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as 

18 though all applicable terms and provisions of the Fed19 eral Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) 

20 were incorporated into and made a part of this Act. 

21 (2) PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.—Any person 

22 who violates section 3 shall be subject to the penalties 

23 and entitled to the privileges and immunities pro24 vided in the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 

25 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 


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1 (3) AUTHORITY PRESERVED.—Nothing in this 

2 Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the 

3 Commission under any other provision of law. 


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Calendar No. 207 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1303 

A BILL 

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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 

Reported with an amendment 


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