[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6390 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6390

    To require the disclosure to consumers of all fees and charges 
associated with the sale of Major League Baseball tickets prior to the 
            completion of any Internet sale of such tickets.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2010

  Mr. Weiner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the disclosure to consumers of all fees and charges 
associated with the sale of Major League Baseball tickets prior to the 
            completion of any Internet sale of such tickets.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparent Baseball Ticket Fees 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF FEES OF INTERNET BASEBALL TICKET SALES.

    (a) Disclosure Required.--It shall be unlawful for any person to 
complete a primary sale of any Major League Baseball ticket through an 
Internet website without disclosing to the consumer, clearly and 
conspicuously on the Internet website--
            (1) the amount and description of any fees, convenience 
        charges, or other charges associated with such sale or ticket; 
        and
            (2) the total amount of such fees or charges as a 
        percentage of the total purchase price.
    (b) Enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission.--A violation of 
subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an 
unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under section 
18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
57a(a)(1)(B)). The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this Act in 
the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction as 
though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of this Act.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this Act, the term ``primary sale'' 
means, with regards to a ticket, the initial sale of a ticket that has 
not been sold previous to such sale, to the general public.
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