3.0.0 2713 2026-04-09T14:15:02Z 2026-04-09T14:15:02Z House H HR 2025-04-08 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2713 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. HARSHBARGER:H.R. 2713.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H1508]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-04-08T14:03:35Z MAIN Event Ticketing Act 119 196 S 2025-09-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 144. Identical bill CRS 2025-04-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2025-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001086 Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] Diana Harshbarger R TN 1 N C001125 Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] Troy Carter D LA A. 2 2025-04-08 True Commerce Commerce 2025-05-15T15:50:14Z 00 2025-04-08 Introduced in House 2026-04-09T14:14:33Z Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for Event Ticketing Act or the MAIN Event Ticketing Act

This bill expands measures to protect the security and integrity of online ticket sales.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of applications that perform automated tasks to purchase event tickets from online ticket sellers in circumvention of the seller's posted ticket purchasing order rules. This includes using software applications that circumvent access control systems or security measures.

In addition, online ticket sellers must establish, implement, and maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the seller's website or service. 

Further, online ticket sellers must report known incidents of circumvention to the Federal Trade Commission and take reasonable steps to address any such incidents.

The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of the provisions of this bill (and related prohibitions under current law) and authorizes the commission to bring civil actions for such violations.

Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies must coordinate as appropriate with the commission to share information about known instances of cyberattacks against the websites or online services used by ticket sellers.

The commission must report to Congress on the status of enforcement actions taken under this bill.

]]> MAIN Event Ticketing Act Display Title 45 MAIN Event Ticketing Act 2025-04-18T09:38:18Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 MAIN Event Ticketing Act 2025-04-18T09:38:17Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for Event Ticketing Act 2025-04-18T09:38:17Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To improve online ticket sales and protect consumers, and for other purposes. 2025-04-18T09:33:16Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-04-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2713ih/xml/BILLS-119hr2713ih.xml 2025-04-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.