House to vote to extend Internet tax ban

The House is expected to approve a proposal that would extend a law that bans state and local taxes on Internet access.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has scheduled a June 9 vote on the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, which was introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and has 188 co-sponsors. The bill will be considered under suspension of rules and is largely noncontroversial. A similar proposal was passed last Congress by voice vote, but it got sidetracked in the Senate. The original ban has been around since 1998, has been extended a number of times since then and is scheduled to sunset again. Lawmakers have looked to extend it for the long term. The proposal also bars discriminatory taxes on e-commerce.