INTERSTATE COMMERCE see also Cargo Transportation

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit solicitation or accepting donation of human fetal tissue for any purpose other than disposal of the tissue if the donation affects interstate commerce and the tissue is obtained pursuant to an abortion (see H.R. 3215), H5522 [27JY]

Agriculture: authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 3563), H6178 [18SE]

——— prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with the production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 687), H755 [3FE]

——— prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 3564), H6178 [18SE]

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H2416 [22AP]

Arizona: designate the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of Tucson International Airport as a future part of the Interstate Highway System (see S. 1649), S4544 [23JN] (see H.R. 2859), H4591 [23JN]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 698), S1384 [10MR]

——— prevent undue disruption of interstate commerce by limiting civil actions against persons whose only role with regard to a product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 1199), H1525 [2MR]

CPSC: improve requirements for imitation firearms (see S. 213), S347 [21JA]

Crime: prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense (see S. 902), S2110 [13AP]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize States to enter into interstate compacts to standardize requirements for commercial driver’s licenses (see S. 1672), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 3283), H5762 [29JY]

——— create National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers to enhance interstate commerce (see S. 1454), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 1120), H1369 [26FE]

——— modify minimum levels of financial responsibility for the transportation of property (see H.R. 983), H1068 [13FE]

——— prohibit increasing minimum levels of financial responsibility requirements established for motor carriers for the transportation of passengers or property (see H.R. 2077), H2497 [28AP]

Disasters: provide a criminal penalty for launching unmanned aircraft (drones) that interfere with fighting wildfires affecting Federal property or responding to disasters affecting interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2156), S7219 [7OC]

Firearms: implement a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and a record of sale system for those firearms (see H.R. 3888), H7623 [3NO]

——— more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see S. 1308), S2794 [12MY] (see H.R. 131), H40 [6JA]

——— prohibit the sale, manufacture, distribution, import, or electronic marketing or advertising of certain firearm receiver castings or blanks and assault weapon or machinegun parts kits (see H.R. 376), H405 [14JA]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4135 [10JN]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see S. 1351), S2933 [14MY] (see H.R. 2246), H2820 [8MY]

Fish and fishing: prevent escapement of genetically altered salmon (see H.R. 394), H406 [14JA]

——— reduce risks associated with genetically altered salmon (see S. 738), S1495 [12MR]

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see S. 1668), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 707), H810 [4FE]

Health Care Compact: grant congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 50), H2877 [12MY]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see S. 647), S1247 [3MR] (see H.R. 543), H638 [27JA]

Labeling: make exclusive the authority of Federal Government to regulate the labeling of products made in U.S. and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 1518), S3776 [4JN]

Pipelines: authorize States to enforce pipeline safety requirements related to wellbores at interstate natural gas storage facilities (see S. 1768), S5129 [15JY]

Sports: deregulate interstate commerce relative to parimutuel wagering on horseracing (see S. 1174), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2182), H2769 [30AP]

——— improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing (see H.R. 2641), H3877 [3JN]

——— improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping program to be enforced by an independent Thoroughbred Horseracing Anti-Doping Authority (see H.R. 3084), H5289 [16JY]

States: ensure methods of collecting taxes and fees by private citizens on behalf of States are fair and effective and do not discriminate against interstate commerce for wireless telecommunication services (see S. 1261), S2730 [7MY] (see H.R. 1087), H1164 [25FE]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 431), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 235), H187 [9JA]

——— prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property (see S. 2117), S7102 [1OC] (see H.R. 3663), H6787 [1OC]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 1749), H2152 [13AP]

——— regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 2584), H3641 [1JN]

Tobacco products: prevent the sale of electronic cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco to minors (see H.R. 3042), H5116 [13JY]

——— prohibit the sale or distribution to individuals under the age of 21 (see S. 2100), S7005 [29SE] (see H.R. 3656), H6749 [30SE]

Transportation: prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see S. 850), S1781 [24MR] (see S. 946), S2220 [15AP] (see H.R. 1282), H1611 [4MR]

Wildlife: clarify that intrastate species are not in interstate commerce or subject to regulation under the Endangered Species Act or other Federal interstate commerce laws (see S. 1142), S2567 [30AP]

——— prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2920), H4770 [25JN]

Letters

Make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce: David French, National Retail Federation, H9280 [11DE]

——— Tom McGee, International Council of Shopping Centers, H9280 [11DE]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H9281 [11DE]

Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act: Nancy L. Prosser, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, H3955 [9JN]

——— several labor organizations, H3955 [9JN]

——— several organizations, H3955 [9JN]

Press releases

Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act: National Governors Association, H3955 [9JN]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit solicitation or accepting donation of human fetal tissue for any purpose other than disposal of the tissue if the donation affects interstate commerce and the tissue is obtained pursuant to an abortion (H.R. 3215), H6126 [17SE]

Arizona: designate the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of Tucson International Airport as a future part of the Interstate Highway System (H.R. 2859), H4634 [24JN]

Dept. of Transportation: cancel pilot program to authorize teen truck drivers to obtain a commercial driver’s license to drive trucks across State lines, H7672, H7673 [4NO]

——— revise hiring standard for motor carriers, H7647, H7672 [4NO]

Roads and highways: clarify definition of ‘‘critical commerce corridors’’, H7417 [3NO]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce, H9280–H9282, H9292, H9293 [11DE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 235), H3952–H3956 [9JN]

Transportation: prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (H.R. 1282), E310 [4MR]

Trucking industry: standardize State meal and rest break regulations for motor-carrier industry operators engaging in commerce, H7659–H7661 [4NO]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 698), S8648–S8650 [15DE]

Crime: prohibit and deter theft of metal, S4173, S4174 [16JN]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 235), S4533 [23JN]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (S. 431), S4192 [16JN], S8648–S8650 [15DE]

Texts of

H.R. 235, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, H3952 [9JN]

S. 2117, prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property, S7103 [1OC]