,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ciej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #i1 #bjbc ,mr4 
,bilirakis 7for himself and ,ms4        
,schakowsky7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require sellers of event    
tickets to disclose comprehensive       
information to consumers about ticket   
prices and related fees1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,transparency ,in   
,charges for ,key ,events ,ticketing    
,act or the ,,ticket ,act4  #b4 ,ticket 
transparency requirements  7a7          
,disclosure of pricing information      
,beginning #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 it shall be 
unlawful for a ticket issuer or         
secondary market ticket issuer to offer 
for sale an event ticket unless the     
ticket issuer or secondary market ticket
 issuer clearly and conspicuously       
displays the total event ticket price in

 any advertisement1 marketing1 or price 
list wherever the ticket is offered for 
sale and clearly and conspicuously      
discloses to any individual who seeks to
 purchase an event ticket at the        
beginning of the transaction and prior  
to the selection by the individual of an
 event ticket to purchase1 the total    
event ticket price and an itemized list 
of the base event ticket price and each 
event ticket fee4  7b7 ,disclosure of   
speculative ticketing ,beginning #ij    
days after enactment of this ,act1 it   
shall be unlawful for a ticket issuer or
 secondary market ticket issuer that    
does not have actual or constructive    
possession of an event ticket to sell or
 offer for sale the event ticket unless 
the ticket issuer or secondary market   
ticket issuer displays in a clear and   
conspicuous manner and prior to the     
selection by the individual of an event 
ticket to purchase a statement that the 
ticket issuer or secondary market ticket
 issuer does not possess the ticket at  

the time the ticket is being sold or    
offered for sale4  7c7 ,enforcement     
7#a7 ,unfair or deceptive act or        
practice ,a violation of subsection 7a7 
or 7b7 shall be treated as a violation  
of a rule defining an unfair or         
deceptive act or practice under section 
#ah7;a77#a77;,b7 of the ,federal ,trade 
,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4         
#eg;a7a77#a77;,b774  7#b7 ,powers of    
commission  7,a7 ,in general ,the       
,commission shall enforce subsections   
7a7 and 7b7 in the same manner1 by the  
same means1 and with the same           
jurisdiction1 powers1 and duties as     
though all applicable terms and         
provisions of the ,federal ,trade       
,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #da et  
seq47 were incorporated into and made a 
part of this ,act4  7,b7 ,privileges and
 immunities ,any person who violates    
subsection 7a7 or 7b7 shall be subject  
to the penalties and entitled to the    
privileges and immunities provided in   
the ,federal ,trade ,commission ,act    

7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #da et seq474  7,c7      
,authority preserved ,nothing in this   
,act shall be construed to limit the    
authority of the ,commission under any  
other provision of law4  7d7            
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,federal ,trade ,commission4  7#b7  
,base event ticket price ,the term base 
event ticket price means1 with respect  
to an event ticket1 the price of the    
event ticket excluding the cost of any  
event ticket fee4  7#c7 ,event2 event   
ticket2 ticket issuer ,the terms event1 
event ticket1 and ticket issuer have the
 meanings given those terms in section  
#c of the ,better ,online ,ticket ,sales
 ,act of #bjaf 7,public ,law #aad-bgd2  
#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #de;c note74  7#d7 ,event 
ticket fee ,the term event ticket fee-- 
7,a7 means a charge that must be paid in
 addition to the base event ticket price
 in order to obtain an event ticket from
 a ticket issuer or secondary market    
ticket issuer1 including any service    

fee1 charge and order processing fee1   
delivery fee1 facility charge fee1 tax1 
and other charge2 and  7,b7 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 ticket4  7#e7    
,optional product or service ,the term  
optional product or service means a     
product or service that an individual   
does not need to purchase to use or take
 possession of an event ticket4  7#f7   
,secondary market ticket issuer ,the    
term secondary market ticket issuer     
means any entity for which it is in the 
regular course of the trade or business 
of the entity to resell or make a       
secondary sale of an event ticket to the
 general public4  7#g7 ,secondary sale  
,the term secondary sale means any sale 
of an event ticket that occurs after the
 initial sale of the event ticket by a  
ticket issuer4  7#h7 ,total event ticket
 price ,the term total event ticket     
price means1 with respect to an event   

ticket1 the total cost of the event     
ticket1 including the base event ticket 
price and any event ticket fee4