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S. 3183, Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 1 (September 29, 2016)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                             COST ESTIMATE

                                                               September 29, 2016



                                    S. 3183
                   Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
                              on September 21, 2016


S. 3183 would prohibit people from taking certain actions to circumvent technology used
by ticket sellers to enforce online event ticket purchase rules and limits. The bill also would
prohibit the resale of tickets obtained in that manner. The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) would enforce the proposed prohibition.

Based on information from the FTC about its current enforcement capabilities, CBO
estimates that increased costs related to monitoring and enforcing the new prohibitions
established by S. 3183 would total less than $500,000 per year; such spending would be
subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

In addition, CBO estimates that enacting S. 3183 would increase federal revenues from
civil penalties imposed to enforce the new prohibition; therefore, pay-as-you-go
procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that those collections would be insignificant
because of the small number of cases that the agency would probably pursue. Enacting the
bill would not affect direct spending.

CBO estimates that enacting S. 3183 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget
deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.

S. 3183 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal
governments.

On September 9, 2016, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 5104, the Better On-line
Ticket Sales Act of 2016, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and
Commerce on July 13, 2016. The two pieces of legislation are similar and CBO's estimates
of the budgetary effects are the same.

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Stephen Rabent. The estimate was approved by
H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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