House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Internet Tax Freedom Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 1997
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 1998 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1288)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1054.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1054, Internet Tax Freedom Act” on March 25, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Intergovernmental mandates statement for the bill as approved by the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Commerce on October 9, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10706
- CBO publication date
- March 25, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1054, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1054
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
115 cosponsors — 77 Republicans, 38 Democrats
40 of 115 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Dick Armey (R-TX), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Boehner (R-OH), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Walter Capps (D-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jon Christensen (R-NE), James Clyburn (D-SC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) and 85 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Cox.
- H.R. 4105 (105th) Internet Tax Freedom Act
- H.R. 3849 (105th) Internet Tax Freedom Act
- H.R. 902 (105th) Family Heritage Preservation Act
- H.R. 1372 (105th) Budget Process Reform Act
- H.Res. 190 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Taiwan should be admitted to the World Trade Organization without making such…
- H.R. 869 (105th) Child Support Enforcement Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.