Government Finance Officers Association, the National League of
Cities, the National Association of Counties, the United States
Conference of Mayors and the National Governors Association,
along with partners in the retail community, worked together for
years to develop a fair and easy system to collect and remit
these sales taxes, structuring a system of collection based on
the purchaser's location; and
WHEREAS, Through this collaborative effort, an effective and
efficient response in eliminating the competitive disadvantage
faced by our local small business retailers appeared in 2013
when the United States Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness
Act through a bipartisan effort, which would have established a
fair system for the collection of existing taxes owed to state
and local governments; and
WHEREAS, The Marketplace Fairness Act has been stalled
through inaction by the United States House of Representatives
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States House of
Representatives, chaired by the Honorable Bob Goodlatte, for
more than three years; and
WHEREAS, Time has long passed for continued and inexplicable
inaction, and 2017 presents the opportunity for the new Congress
to demonstrate political courage and break the unwarranted and
unjustified stalemate by moving the Marketplace Fairness Act
from the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States House
of Representatives to a vote on the floor of the House of
Representatives during the first session of the 115th Congress;
therefore be it
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge Speaker of the United
States House of Representatives Paul Ryan, Chairman Bob
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