PRINTER'S NO. 2563
No. 427 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY ELLIS, BAKER, BEAR, BOBACK, CAUSER, CLYMER, COX,
FLECK, HERSHEY, JAMES, McILHATTAN, MENSCH, METCALFE, PALLONE,
QUIGLEY, RAPP, ROAE, SAYLOR, SONNEY, R. STEVENSON AND
SWANGER, OCTOBER 3, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,
OCTOBER 3, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Congress of the United States to ban Internet access
2 taxes before the moratorium expires.
3 WHEREAS, Broadband Internet access for all Americans is an
4 important public policy objective; and
5 WHEREAS, Taxing Internet access will have a chilling effect
6 on broadband investment in rural and low-density areas where
7 fewer consumers will buy a higher-priced product; and
8 WHEREAS, Less deployment in rural and low-density areas means
9 fewer people can telework, reducing personal quality of life and
10 the public good effects, such as reducing commuting traffic and
11 pollution; and
12 WHEREAS, Taxing Internet access widens the digital divide and
13 limits the economic and educational opportunities available to
14 lower-income Americans: 11% of households with income below
15 $30,000 have broadband service compared to 61% of households
16 with income above $100,000; and
1 WHEREAS, Taxing Internet access raises costs for distance
2 learning, interactive medicine and new online business models;
3 and
4 WHEREAS, The current Federal moratorium on Internet access
5 taxes expires on November 1, 2007; and
6 WHEREAS, Extending or making permanent the current moratorium
7 on Internet access taxes would have substantial positive
8 downstream effects for Internet infrastructure and services
9 throughout the United States; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
11 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in support of a permanent ban on
12 Internet access taxes, urge the Congress to act quickly to enact
13 new legislation banning Internet access taxes before the current
14 moratorium expires; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives convey its
16 support to each member of Congress from Pennsylvania and the
17 President of the United States; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
19 the President of the United States and to each member of
20 Congress from Pennsylvania.
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