Lawmakers look to stop ticket scalpers with new House bill

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Companion legislation will be introduced Tuesday to build on a bill aimed at stopping ticket scalpers from using software to purchase a high volume of tickets while codifying an executive order made by President Donald Trump. 

The bipartisan bill, titled the Mitigating Automated Internet Networks Event Ticketing Act, is co-sponsored by Reps. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and Troy Carter (D-LA) and will be introduced Tuesday morning. The legislation would codify Trump’s effort to hold ticket scalpers accountable.

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