PRINTER'S NO. 1987
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
407
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, KINSEY, CALTAGIRONE, ROZZI AND
COHEN, JUNE 29, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 29, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Congress of the United States to support efforts to
permanently extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act and
supporting H.R. 235.
WHEREAS, Internet access, the World Wide Web and an effective
electronic commerce system are essential to the functioning of
the economy; and
WHEREAS, Internet access must be protected from multiple and
discriminatory taxes at the State and local level; and
WHEREAS, The Internet promotes a nationwide economic
environment that facilitates innovation, promotes efficiency,
and empowers people to broadly share their ideas; and
WHEREAS, Affordable Internet access promotes consumer access
to jobs, education, health care, and entrepreneurial
opportunities, regardless of race, income or neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Business owners heavily rely on affordable Internet
access, providing them with access to new markets, additional
consumers and an opportunity to compete in the global economy;
and
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WHEREAS, The Internet has continued to drive economic growth,
productivity, and innovation since the Internet Tax Freedom Act
was first enacted in 1998; and
WHEREAS, The Internet is inherently a matter of interstate
and foreign commerce within the jurisdiction of the Congress of
the United States under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the
Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, Congressman Bob Goodlatte has introduced H.R. 235,
known as the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the Congress
of the United States to enact legislation that would permanently
extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act, permanently extending the
moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and
discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the
President of the United States, to the presiding officers of
each house of Congress, to each member of Congress from
Pennsylvania and to Congressman Bob Goodlatte.
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