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Article: NET-RELATED BILLS HEAD TO HOUSE FLOOR
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- October 10, 2001
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United Press International
10-10-2001
Net-related bills head to House floor
WASHINGTON, Oct 10, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday sent to the House floor a bill to extend by 2 years the current moratorium on Internet access taxes and taxes that discriminate against Net activities.
The committee took up the bill to try and beat the moratorium's Oct. 21 expiration date. Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., said the 1998 Internet Tax Freedom Act set up the ban in order to keep Net connections affordable for all, and to prevent Internet commerce from facing taxes not applicable to its offline counterpart.
"Since passage of the act, online commerce has ...