US Congress House Bill 1804 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on May 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2011

Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]

Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]

Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
2011-05-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1804/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1804/BILLS-112hr1804ih.pdf