Expands the BOTS Act to bar automated software from buying event tickets in ways that get around online purchase limits, and requires ticket sellers to maintain security safeguards and report known circumvention to the Federal Trade Commission.

• Extends the BOTS Act ban to software that evades posted online ticket purchase limits, including tools that defeat access controls.
• Requires ticket issuers to enforce purchase limits, maintain site security safeguards, and oversee third-party providers that handle ticket sales or data.
• Requires issuers to report known circumvention to the FTC within 30 days of discovery and to improve their controls to address it.
• Authorizes FTC civil suits with penalties of at least $10,000 per day of violation plus $1,000 per violation, and directs the FTC to create a complaint website and issue compliance guidance.

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee

Commerce