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SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACT OR PRACTICE.—A 
violation of this Act 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 COMMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall en-
force this Act 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 this Act shall be subject to the penalties 
and entitled to the privileges and immunities pro-
vided 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. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ARTIST.—The term ‘‘artist’’ means any per-
former, musician, comedian, producer, ensemble or 
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production entity of a theatrical production, sports 
team owner, or similar person. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(3) DOMAIN NAME.—The term ‘‘domain name’’ 
means a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an 
Internet host or service, which is assigned through 
centralized Internet naming authorities, and which is 
comprised of a series of character strings separated 
by periods, with the right most string specifying the 
top of the hierarchy. 
(4) EVENT; EVENT TICKET; TICKET ISSUER.— 
The terms ‘‘event’’, ‘‘event ticket’’, and ‘‘ticket 
issuer’’ have the meaning given those terms in the 
Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114–274). 
(5) EVENT
TICKET
FEE.—The term ‘‘event 
ticket fee’’— 
(A) means a charge for an event ticket 
that must be paid in addition to the base event 
ticket price in order to obtain an event ticket 
from a ticket issuer, secondary market ticket 
issuer, or secondary market ticket exchange in-
cluding any service fee, charge and order proc-
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essing fee, delivery fee, facility charge fee, and 
any other charge; and 
(B) 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 pur-
chase to use or take possession of an event ticket. 
(7) 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. 
(8) SECONDARY MARKET TICKET EXCHANGE.— 
The term ‘‘secondary market ticket exchange’’ 
means any person that operates a platform or ex-
change for advertising, listing, or selling resale tick-
ets, on behalf of itself, vendors, or a secondary mar-
ket ticket issuer. 
(9) SECONDARY MARKET TICKET ISSUER.—The 
term ‘‘secondary market ticket issuer’’ means any 
person, including a ticket issuer, that resells or 
makes a secondary sale of an event ticket to the gen-
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eral public in the regular course of the trade or busi-
ness of the person. 
(10) TOTAL EVENT TICKET PRICE.—The term 
‘‘total event ticket price’’ means, with respect to an 
event ticket, the total cost of the event ticket, includ-
ing the base event ticket price and any event ticket 
fee. 
(11) URL.—The term ‘‘URL’’ means the uni-
form resource locator associated with an internet 
website. 
(12) VENUE.—The term ‘‘venue’’ means a 
physical space at which an event takes place. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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