[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5465-S5466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3137. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title X add the following:

                         Subtitle I--TICKET Act

     SEC. 1096. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Commission; event ticket; ticket issuer.--The terms 
     ``Commission'', ``event ticket'', and ``ticket issuer'' have 
     the same meanings as in the Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 
     2016 (Public Law 114-274).
       (2) Base event ticket price.--The term ``base event ticket 
     price'' means, with respect to an event ticket, the price of 
     the event ticket excluding the cost of any event ticket fees.
       (3) Event.--The term ``event'' means any live concert, 
     theatrical performance, sporting event, show, or similarly 
     scheduled live activity, taking place in a venue with a 
     seating or attendance capacity exceeding 200 persons that 
     is--
       (A) open to the general public; and
       (B) promoted, advertised, or marketed in interstate 
     commerce, or for which event tickets are generally sold or 
     distributed in interstate commerce.
       (4) Total event ticket price.--The term ``total event 
     ticket price'' means, with respect to an event ticket, the 
     total cost of the event ticket, including the base event 
     ticket price and any event ticket fees.
       (5) Event ticket fee.--The term ``event ticket fee'' 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 issuer, including service 
     fees, charge and order processing fees, delivery fees, 
     facility charge fees, taxes, and other charges, and 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 ticket.
       (6) 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 ticket.
       (7) 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 public.
       (8) Resale; secondary sale.--The terms ``resale'' and 
     ``secondary sale'' mean any sale of an event ticket that 
     occurs after the initial sale of the event ticket by a ticket 
     issuer.

     SEC. 1097. ALL-INCLUSIVE TICKET PRICE DISCLOSURE.

       Beginning 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
     subtitle, 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--
       (1) clearly and conspicuously displays the total event 
     ticket price, if a price is displayed, in any advertisement, 
     marketing, or price list wherever the ticket is offered for 
     sale;
       (2) clearly and conspicuously discloses to any individual 
     who seeks to purchase an event ticket the total event ticket 
     price at the time the ticket is first displayed to the 
     individual and anytime thereafter throughout the ticket 
     purchasing process; and
       (3) provides an itemized list of the base event ticket 
     price and each event ticket fee.

     SEC. 1098. ENFORCEMENT.

       (a) Unfair or Deceptive Act or Practice.--A violation of 
     section 1097 shall be treated as a violation of a rule 
     defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice under section 
     18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 
     57a(a)(1)(B)).
       (b) Powers of the Commission.--
       (1) In general.--The Commission shall enforce section 1097 
     in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same 
     jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable 
     terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 
     U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of 
     this subtitle.
       (2) Privileges and immunities.--Any person who violates 
     section 1097 shall be subject to the penalties and entitled 
     to the privileges and immunities provided in the Federal 
     Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
       (3) Authority preserved.--Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
     construed to limit the authority of the Commission under any 
     other provision of law.

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