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S.2775
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. (introduced 6/22/2000)
Latest Major Action: 6/22/2000 Referred to Senate committee
Title: 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.
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6/22/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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COSPONSORS(11), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Bennett, Robert F. - 6/22/2000 Sen Breaux, John B. - 6/22/2000
Sen Bryan, Richard H. - 6/22/2000 Sen Cleland, Max - 6/22/2000
Sen Enzi, Michael B. - 6/22/2000 Sen Graham, Bob - 6/22/2000
Sen Hutchinson, Y. Tim - 6/22/2000 Sen Kerrey, J. Robert - 6/28/2000
Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 6/22/2000 Sen Thomas, Craig - 6/22/2000
Sen Voinovich, George V. - 6/22/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
6/22/2000--Introduced.

Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend, until December 31, 2005, provisions which prohibit a State or political subdivision from imposing: (1) taxes on Internet access, unless such tax was generally imposed and actually enforced prior to October 1, 1998; and (2) multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that States and localities should work together, with the advice of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, to develop a uniform streamlined sales and use tax system that addresses remote sales.

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.