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This Act may be cited as the ''Better On-line Ticket Sales Act of
2016'' or the ''BOTS Act''.

SEC. 2. UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES RELATING TO USE OF
TICKET ACCESS CIRCUMVENTION SOFTWARE.

(a) Sale of Software.--It shall be unlawful for any person to sell
or offer to sell, in commerce, any computer software, or part thereof,
that--
(1) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of
circumventing a technological measure that limits purchases
made via a computerized event ticketing system;
(2) has only limited commercially significant purpose or
use other than to circumvent a technological measure that
limits purchases made via a computerized event ticketing
system; or
(3) is marketed by that person for use in circumventing a
technological measure that limits purchases made via a
computerized event ticketing system.
(b) Use of Software.--It shall be unlawful for any person to use
any computer software, or part thereof, described in subsection (a) of
this section, to purchase an event ticket via a computerized event
ticketing system in violation of the system operator's posted limits on
the sequence or number of transactions, frequency of transactions, or
quantity of tickets purchased by a single user of the system, or on the
geographic location of any transactions.
(c) Resale of Tickets.--It shall be unlawful for any person to
engage in the practice of reselling in commerce, event tickets acquired
in violation of subsection (b) of this section if the person either--
(1) participated directly in or had the ability to control
the conduct in violation of subsection (b); or
(2) knew or should have known that the event tickets were
acquired in violation of subsection (b).
(d) Definitions.--As used in this section--
(1) the term ''computerized event ticketing system'' means
a system of selling event tickets, in commerce, via an online
interactive computer system that effectively limits the
sequence or number of ticket purchase transactions, frequency
of ticket purchase transactions, quantity of tickets purchased,
or geographic location of any ticket purchase transactions;
(2) the term ''event ticket'' means a ticket entitling one
or more individuals to attend, in person, one or more events to
occur on specific dates, times, and geographic locations; and
(3) to ''circumvent a technological measure'' means to
avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair a technological
measure, without the authority of the computerized event
ticketing system operator.
(e) Rule of Construction.--Notwithstanding the prohibitions set
forth in subsections (a) and (b), it shall not be unlawful under this
section to create or use any computer software, or part thereof, to--
(1) investigate or further the enforcement or defense of
any alleged violation of this section; or
(2) engage in research necessary to identify and analyze
flaws and vulnerabilities of a computerized event ticketing
system, if these research activities are conducted to advance
the state of knowledge in the field of computer system security
or to assist in the development of computer security products.
(f) Enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission.--A violation of
subsection (a), (b), or (c) shall be treated as an unfair and deceptive
act or practice in violation of a regulation issued under section
18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C.
57a(a)(1)(B)).
(g) Enforcement by States.--
(1) Authorization.--Subject to paragraph (2), in any case
in which the attorney general of a State has reason to believe
that an interest of the residents of the State has been or is
threatened or adversely affected by a violation of subsection
(a), (b), or (c), the attorney general of the State may, as
parens patriae, bring a civil action on behalf of the residents
of the State in an appropriate district court of the United
States to obtain appropriate relief.
(2) Rights of federal trade commission.--
(A) Notice to ftc.--
(i) In general.--Except as provided in
clause (iii), the attorney general of a State
shall notify the Federal Trade Commission in
writing that the attorney general intends to
bring a civil action under paragraph (1) before
initiating the civil action against a person
for a violation of subsection (a), (b), or (c).
(ii) Contents.--The notification required
by clause (i) with respect to a civil action
shall include a copy of the complaint to be
filed to initiate the civil action.
(iii) Exception.--If it is not feasible for
the attorney general of a State to provide the
notification required by clause (i) before
initiating a civil action under paragraph (1),
the attorney general shall notify the
Commission immediately upon instituting the
civil action.
(B) Intervention by the ftc.--The Federal Trade
Commission may--
(i) intervene in any civil action brought
by the attorney general of a State under
paragraph (1); and
(ii) upon intervening, be heard on all
matters arising in the civil action, and file
petitions for appeal of a decision in the civil
action.
(3) Pending action by the federal trade commission.--If the
Federal Trade Commission institutes a civil action or an
administrative action with respect to a violation of subsection
(a), (b), or (c), the attorney general of a State may not,
during the pendency of such action, bring a civil action under
paragraph (1) against any defendant named in the complaint of
the Commission for the violation with respect to which the
Commission instituted such action.

Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 2016.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.
Student:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 9, 2016. Better On-line Ticket Sales Act of 2016 or the BOTS Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the sale of computer software that: (1) is primarily designed to circumvent technology that limits purchases made via an online ticket selling system, (2) has only a limited commercially significant purpose other than for such circumvention, or (3) is marketed to use for such circumvention. The bill also prohibits the use of such circumvention software in violation of a system operator's posted limits on: (1) the quantity of tickets purchased by a single user; (2) the sequence, number, or frequency of transactions; or (3) the geographic location of transactions. In addition, the bill makes it unlawful to resell in commerce tickets that were acquired through such a prohibited use of circumvention software if the reseller participated in, had the ability to control, or should have known about the violation. It shall not be unlawful, however, to create or use software to: (1) investigate or further the enforcement or defense of any alleged violation of this bill, or (2) identify and analyze flaws and vulnerabilities of a computerized event ticketing system if these activities are conducted to advance the state of knowledge in the field of computer system security or to assist in the development of computer security products. Violations shall be treated as unfair and deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general may enforce against violations.