[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11130]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                        INTERNET TAX FREEDOM ACT

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                     HUTCHINSON AMENDMENT NO. 3671

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HUTCHINSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill (S. 442) to establish a national policy against State and 
local government interference with interstate commerce on the Internet 
or interactive computer services, and to exercise Congressional 
jurisdiction over interstate commerce by establishing a moratorium on 
the imposition of exactions that would interfere with the free flow of 
commerce via the Internet, and for other purposes; as follows:

       In section 102(a)(1), strike ``16'' and insert ``18''.
       In section 102(b)(1), add at the end the following:
       (D) Two representatives from among individuals who are the 
     heads of business entities that do not engage in electronic 
     commerce, of whom--
       (i) one shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate after consultation with the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate; and
       (ii) one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives after consultation with the Minority Leader 
     of the House of Representatives.
       In section 102(g)(2)--
       (1) strike ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
       (2) strike the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and 
     insert ``; and''; and
       (3) add at the end the following:
       (F) an examination of the effects of taxation of 
     transactions using the Internet, and of the absence of 
     taxation of such transactions, on businesses that do not 
     engage in electronic commerce.

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