MAIN Event Ticketing Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2713 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2713 To improve online ticket sales and protect consumers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 8, 2025 Mrs. Harshbarger (for herself and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve online ticket sales and protect consumers, and for other purposes. 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 ``Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for Event Ticketing Act'' or the ``MAIN Event Ticketing Act''. SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING THE BOTS ACT. (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 (15 U.S.C. 45c) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(1)-- (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(C) to use or cause to be used an application that performs automated tasks to purchase event tickets from an internet website or online service in circumvention of posted online ticket purchasing order rules of the internet website or online service, including a software application that circumvents an access control system, security measure, or other technological control or measure.''; (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: ``(b) Requiring Online Ticket Issuers To Put in Place Site Policies and Establish Safeguards To Protect Site Security.-- ``(1) Requirem