Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act
Latest action · Aug 1, 2001 Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) States and localities should work together to develop a uniform streamlined sales and use tax system that addresses remote sales; and (2) a joint comprehensive study should be undertaken to determine the cost of collecting and remitting State and local sales and use taxes under such system.
Authorizes States to enter into an Interstate Sales and Use Tax Compact which shall describe a uniform, streamlined sales and use tax system consistent with such system.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2001 to May 25, 2001; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| D-FL | Bob Graham | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| D-LA | John B. Breaux | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| R-RI | Lincoln Chafee | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| R-AR | Tim Hutchinson | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-GA | Max Cleland | Mar 21, 2001 | |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Apr 24, 2001 | |
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | May 25, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2001Hearings Aug 1, 2001 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2001Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
- Mar 9, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Mar 9, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2131-2133)
- Mar 9, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2159 | Bob Graham D-FL | Mar 12, 2001 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2131–S2135 | Byron L. Dorgan D-ND | Mar 9, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-18 | PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES PROGRAM85 pages | Ways and Means Committee | May 10, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-1134 | EXTENSION OF THE INTERNET TAX MORATORIUM96 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Mar 14, 2001 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1410 | Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act | Identical bill | Jul 18, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to foster innovation and technological advancement in the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, and to assist the States in simplifying their sales and use taxes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Business records
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Computer software
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer protection
- Electronic commerce
- Electronic data interchange
- Electronic mail systems
- Federal preemption
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Intergovernmental tax relations
- Internet
- Interstate commerce
- Interstate compacts
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Licenses
- Local laws
- Local taxation
- Right of privacy
- Sales tax
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State laws
- State taxation
- State-local relations
- Tax administration
- Tax auditing
- Tax exemption
- Tax rates
- Tax returns
- Tax simplification
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
