House Sponsors Praise Enactment of Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act

Two of the main sponsors of the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (HR-235) -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif. -- jointly lauded enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act. HR-644 included HR-235’s language in its conference version (see 1602110056). President Barack Obama signed HR-644 into law Wednesday (see 1602240069). PITFA “will help prevent unreasonable cost increases that hurt consumers and slow job creation, innovation and the spread of knowledge,” Goodlatte said in a statement. “The last thing the American people need is another tax on their doorstep.” Allowing Internet access taxes “would stifle the countless benefits and opportunities the Internet offers, including access to health care, education, commerce and communications tools,” Eshoo said. “This law will ensure that Americans can permanently access all the powerful resources of the Internet, tax free.”