Urging the United States to seek a global consensus supporting a moratorium on tariffs and on special, multiple, and discriminatory taxation of electronic commerce.

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Urges the President to: (1) seek a global consensus supporting a permanent international ban on tariffs on electronic commerce, including a ban on special, multiple, and discriminatory taxation of electronic commerce and the Internet; (2) instruct the U.S. delegation to the November 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Seattle, Washington, to seek to make permanent the moratorium on tariffs on electronic transmissions adopted by the WTO in May 1998; (3) seek adoption by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development of an international ban on special, multiple, and discriminatory taxation of electronic commerce and the Internet; and (4) oppose any proposal by any country, the United Nations, or any other multilateral organization to establish a "bit tax" on electronic transmissions.

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• Enrolled Bill (text)

  Enrolled Bill · EN

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• Received in Senate (text)

  Received in Senate · EN · 27 October 1999

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• Received in Senate (PDF)

  Received in Senate · EN · 27 October 1999

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 26 October 1999

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 26 October 1999

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 26 October 1999

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 30 September 1999

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  Introduced in House · EN · 30 September 1999

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 30 September 1999

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