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H.CON.RES.190
Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher (introduced 9/30/1999)
Latest Major Action: 11/19/1999 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Title: Urging the United States to seek a global consensus supporting a moratorium on tariffs and on special, multiple, and discriminatory taxation of electronic commerce.
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9/30/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
10/5/2000:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
10/26/1999 10:37am:
Mr. Crane moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
10/26/1999 10:37am:
Considered under suspension of the rules.
10/26/1999 11:14am:
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
10/26/1999 4:13pm:
Considered as unfinished business.
10/26/1999 4:36pm:
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 423 - 1 (Roll no. 537).
10/26/1999 4:36pm:
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
10/27/1999:
Received in the Senate.
11/19/1999:
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
11/22/1999:
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(13), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Armey, Richard K. - 10/18/1999 Rep Combest, Larry - 10/25/1999
Rep Cook, Merrill - 10/5/1999 Rep English, Phil - 10/25/1999
Rep John, Christopher - 10/26/1999 Rep Kolbe, Jim - 10/5/1999
Rep Kuykendall, Steven T. - 10/26/1999 Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 10/21/1999
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 10/25/1999 Rep Metcalf, Jack - 10/21/1999
Rep Oxley, Michael G. - 10/20/1999 Rep Packard, Ron - 10/7/1999
Rep Sessions, Pete - 9/30/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
10/26/1999--Passed House, amended.    (There is 1 other summary)

Urges the President to: (1) seek a global consensus supporting a permanent international ban on tariffs on electronic commerce, including a ban on bit, multiple, and discriminatory taxation of electronic commerce and the Internet; (2) instruct the U.S. delegation to the November 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Seattle, Washington, to seek to make permanent the moratorium on tariffs on electronic transmissions adopted by the WTO in May 1998; (3) seek adoption by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development of an international ban on bit, multiple, and discriminatory taxation of electronic commerce and the Internet; and (4) oppose any proposal by any country, the United Nations, or any other multilateral organization to establish a "bit tax" on electronic transmissions.