To amend title 4 of the United States Code to establish nexus requirements for State and local taxation of mobile telecommunication services.
Authorizes a State or designated database provider to provide an electronic database to a home service provider which designates for each street address the appropriate taxing jurisdiction as identified by a nationwide standard numeric code. Requires the database provider to provide notice of the availability of such database, as well as subsequent revisions thereto. Holds harmless from any fee liability a home service provider that uses such database. Holds a provider harmless from any such liability in the absence of such a database if the provider employs an enhanced zip code to assign each street address to a specific taxing jurisdiction and exercises due diligence to ensure that each address is assigned to the correct taxing jurisdiction. Requires one specific taxing jurisdiction to be assigned when an enhanced zip code overlaps boundaries of different taxing jurisdictions. Terminates the authority to use the enhanced zip code on the later of: (1) 18 months after the nationwide standard numeric code has been approved; or (2) six months after a State or designated database provider provides such database.
Authorizes a taxing jurisdiction, or a State acting on behalf of such jurisdiction, to: (1) determine the place of primary use for purposes of appropriate taxing authority; and (2) if necessary, notify a home service provider to change the assignment of a taxing authority to reflect the appropriate place of primary use. Requires the home service provider to obtain and maintain the customer's place of primary use for taxing purposes. Provides transition provisions and special rules.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 660.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 106-719.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 106-719.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 403.
Mr. Gekas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5741-5744)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4391.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5741-5743)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5741-5743)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6812-6813)
Enacted as Public Law 106-252
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6812-6813)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 106-252.
Became Public Law No: 106-252.