To require transparency of ticket sales, prohibit withholding information on the number of tickets available to inflate prices, and for other purposes.
Require transparency in live-event ticket sales and prohibit withholding information about ticket availability to inflate prices.
Occurrences
Evidence
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GovInfo lists H.R. 9762, sponsored by Nellie Pou, with the full title matching ticket-sale transparency and ticket-availability withholding. The listed action is introduction and referral to House Energy and Commerce on July 16, 2026.
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The bill text would require primary ticket sellers to disclose ticket inventory and total ticket cost before primary sale, and would prohibit withholding tickets to inflate prices or mislead buyers about availability.
Assessments
Pou introduced H.R. 9762, the HOLDBACKS Act, on July 16, 2026, and the bill directly matches the promise by requiring ticket-sale transparency and prohibiting withholding or concealing ticket availability to inflate prices. However, the official status shows only introduction and referral to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with no passage, enactment, or implemented federal requirement as of September 3, 2026. Because Pou is still in federal office and the bill remains pending in the same term, the promise is not delivered yet but is not finally failed.