HR3950-118

Reported

To require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced May 16, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Transportation, Technology.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H5C92370258D9429EB07F28DD083348E8: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparency In Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act or the TICKET Act.
  • Section HE6EADFF2E2A648DEB1FE048CE95287F2: 2. All inclusive ticket price disclosure Beginning 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for a ticket issuer, secondary...
  • Section H6950C3D91515477985A45BFC25849EC7: 3. Speculative ticketing ban Beginning 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a ticket issuer, secondary market ticket issuer, or secondary...
  • Section H036B3AEF60B84A7D8D33F63047F170FA: 4. Deceptive websites A ticket issuer, secondary market ticket issuer, or secondary market ticket exchange— shall provide a clear and conspicuous statement,...
  • Section HA7AD0AB08085443E93E429D1621647AA: 5. Refund requirements Beginning 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, if an event is canceled or postponed (except for a case in which an...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Transportation, Technology

Primary Purpose

This bill, To require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Transportation Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
May 16, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …

May 10, 2024

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

May 10, 2024

Additional sponsors: Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Perez, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Wild, …

Jun 9, 2023

Mr. Bilirakis (for himself and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Ticket Resale Services
6 mentions across 5 clauses
-6 negative

Secondary market ticket resellers, Secondary market ticket resellers using deceptive websites, Secondary market ticket sellers violating the Act

Online Ticket Marketplaces
3 mentions across 3 clauses
-3 negative

Ticket exchange platforms, Ticket exchange platforms (StubHub, Vivid Seats)

Consumers
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Event ticket consumers

Event Ticketing Services
3 mentions across 3 clauses
-2 negative ?1 uncertain

Primary ticket issuers (Ticketmaster, AXS), Ticket industry participants, Ticket issuers violating the Act

Government
2 mentions across 2 clauses
-1 negative ?1 uncertain

Federal Trade Commission

Sports & Recreation
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Sports teams and leagues

Media & Entertainment
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Concert venues and artists

8/8
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Transportation Technology
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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