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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3403 
To prohibit third-party restaurant reservation services from offering or ar-
ranging unauthorized reservations for food service establishments, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2025 
Ms. MACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit third-party restaurant reservation services from 
offering or arranging unauthorized reservations for food 
service establishments, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Equal Ac-
cess to Tables Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘SEAT Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON THIRD-PARTY RESTAURANT RES-
ERVATION SERVICES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—A provider of a third-party res-
taurant reservation service may only list, promote, sell, or 
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otherwise advertise or make available a reservation for a 
food service establishment if there is a written agreement 
between such service and such establishment, or a contrac-
tual designee of such establishment who obtained reserva-
tion distribution rights directly from the establishment, 
that permits such service to list, promote, sell, or other-
wise advertise or make available such reservation. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSION.— 
(1) UNFAIR
OR
DECEPTIVE
ACTS
OR
PRAC-
TICES.—A violation of this section shall be treated 
as a violation of a regulation under section 
18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
(15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or decep-
tive acts or practices. 
(2) POWERS
OF
COMMISSION.—The Commis-
sion shall enforce this section 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 section. Any person who violates 
this section shall be subject to the penalties and en-
titled to the privileges and immunities provided in 
the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
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(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to a 
provider of a third-party restaurant reservation service be-
ginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(d) INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS.—An agreement 
entered into pursuant to subsection (a) may not include 
a provision that requires a food service establishment to 
indemnify a third-party restaurant reservation service, any 
independent contractor acting on behalf of such third- 
party restaurant reservation service, or any registered 
agent of such third-party restaurant reservation service 
for any damages or harm by an act or omission initiated 
by the third-party restaurant reservation service. If an 
agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a) con-
tains such a provision, such provision shall be deemed void 
and unenforceable. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(2) FOOD
SERVICE
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘food service establishment’’— 
(A) means a restaurant, food stand, food 
truck, food cart, saloon, inn, tavern, bar, 
lounge, brewpub, tasting room, taproom, li-
censed facility or premise of a beverage alcohol 
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producer where the public may taste, sample, or 
purchase products, or other similar place of 
business in or at which the public or patrons 
assemble for the primary purpose of being 
served food or drink; and 
(B) includes an entity described in sub-
paragraph (A) that is located in a larger estab-
lishment or complex, including an airport ter-
minal or other transportation facility, amuse-
ment park, sports stadium, entertainment 
venue, hotel or hotel complex, or retail store or 
retail complex. 
(3) THIRD-PARTY
RESTAURANT
RESERVATION 
SERVICE.—The term ‘‘third-party restaurant res-
ervation service’’ means any website, mobile applica-
tion, or other internet-based service that— 
(A) lists, promotes, sells, or otherwise ad-
vertises or makes available reservations for on- 
premises service for a customer at a food serv-
ice establishment; and 
(B) is provided by a person other than the 
person who provides such food service establish-
ment. 
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