HR 1804
112th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Television and film
State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2011
Introduced: May 10, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 25, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
May 10, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 10, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2011 - Prohibits any state from imposing a discriminatory tax on any means of providing multichannel video programming distribution services, including Internet protocol technology (or any successor protocol), direct broadcast satellite delivery, and cable television services.
Defines a tax as discriminatory if the net tax imposed on one means of providing multichannel video service is higher than the net tax rate imposed on another.
Applies this prohibition only to any tax imposed on or after January 1, 2011.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1