[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 161 (Friday, November 7, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S14278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2141. Ms. STABENOW proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2136 
proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Burns, 
Mr. Ensign, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Warner, Mr. Smith, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grassley, 
Mr. Hatch, Mr. Baucus, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. Lincoln) to 
the bill S. 150, to make permanent the moratoriumm on taxes on Internet 
access and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce 
imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:
       Since, Article I of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress 
     the power of the purse; and
       Since, Congressional oversight of Executive Branch 
     expenditures of public funds is essential in order to prevent 
     waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars; and
       Since, Congress can only exercise its oversight 
     responsibilities if the White House and Executive Branch 
     agencies are responsive to requests for information about 
     public expenditures;
       Therefore it is the Sense of the Senate that,
       The White House and all Executive Branch agencies should 
     respond promptly and completely to all requests by Members of 
     Congress of both parties for information about public 
     expenditures.
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  SA 2142. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 150, to make permanent the moratorium on 
taxes on Internet access and multiple and discriminatory taxes on 
electronic commerce imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC . GAO STUDY OF EFFECTS OF INTERNET TAX MORATORIUM ON 
                   STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ON BROADBAND 
                   DEPLOYMENT.

       The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the impact 
     of the Internet tax moratorium, including its effects on the 
     revenues of State and local governments and on the deployment 
     of broadband technologies throughout the United States. The 
     Comptroller General shall report the findings, conclusions, 
     and any recommendations from the study to the Senate 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
     House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce no 
     later than November 1, 2005.

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