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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 

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’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 


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1 (1) COMMISSION; EVENT; EVENT TICKET; TICK2 ET ISSUER.—The terms ‘‘Commission’’, ‘‘event’’, 

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

4 meanings as in the Better Online Ticket Sales Act 

5 of 2016 (Public Law 114–274). 

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

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

8 event ticket, the price of the event ticket excluding 

9 the cost of any event ticket fees. 

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

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

12 event ticket, the total cost of the event ticket, includ13 ing the base event ticket price and any event ticket 

14 fees. 

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

16 ticket fee’’ means a charge that must be paid in ad17 dition to the base event ticket price in order to ob18 tain an event ticket from a ticket issuer or sec19 ondary market ticket issuer, including service fees, 

20 charge and order processing fees, delivery fees, facil21 ity charge fees, taxes, and other charges, and does 

22 not include any charge or fee for an optional product 

23 or service associated with the event that may be se24 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. 

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