3.0.0 196 2026-09-08T18:03:40Z 2026-09-08T18:10:05Z Senate S S 2025-01-22 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/196 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported By 2025-09-02T21:01:39Z Markup By 2025-04-30T14:00:00Z Markup By 2025-04-30T14:00:00Z Referred To 2025-01-22T21:05:20Z S. Rept. 119-57 MAIN Event Ticketing Act 119 2713 HR 2026-09-01 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. Identical bill CRS 2025-09-02 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 144. Calendars 2025-09-02 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-57. Committee 2025-09-02 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-57. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2025-04-30 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2025-04-30 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2025-01-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2025-01-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN N L000570 Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Luján D NM R. 2025-01-22 True 2025-08-05T16:05:00Z S. 196, MAIN Event Ticketing Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61635 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 30, 2025 Commerce Civil actions and liability 2025-05-08T14:25:01Z Computer security and identity theft 2025-05-08T14:25:29Z Consumer affairs 2025-05-08T14:11:04Z Corporate finance and management 2025-05-08T14:22:02Z Inflation and prices 2025-05-08T14:24:55Z Internet, web applications, social media 2025-05-08T14:21:23Z Retail and wholesale trades 2025-05-08T14:21:31Z Service industries 2025-05-08T14:20:51Z Commerce 2025-02-26T21:07:34Z 00 2025-01-22 Introduced in Senate 2026-03-05T14:43:46Z 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 Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate 103 MAIN Event Ticketing Act 2025-09-04T02:08:18Z S Senate Reported to Senate RS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate 103 Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for Event Ticketing Act 2025-09-04T02:08:18Z S Senate Reported to Senate RS Display Title 45 MAIN Event Ticketing Act 2025-09-03T11:03:18Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 MAIN Event Ticketing Act 2025-02-22T06:23:18Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for Event Ticketing Act 2025-02-22T06:23:18Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to improve online ticket sales and protect consumers, and for other purposes. 2025-02-22T06:18:27Z Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2025-09-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s196rs/xml/BILLS-119s196rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2025-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s196is/xml/BILLS-119s196is.xml 2025-09-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 144. 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.