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House
H.R. 204, Untitled

Sponsor: Rep. James Moran, D-VA
Introduced: Jan. 6, 1999
Description: H.R. 204 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit against income tax for high technology job training expenses.

H.R. 323, Employee Educational Assistance Act

Sponsor: Rep. Sander Levin, D-MI
Co-Sponsors: 122 (83 D, 39 R)
Introduced: Jan. 19, 1999
Description: H.R. 323 would permanently extend a tax benefit that allows employees to receive up to $5,250 in tax-free annual tuition assistance from their employers for undergraduate education and also would restore coverage for graduate level education.

H.R. 835, Permanent R&D tax credits

Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Johnson, R-CT
Co-Sponsors: 135 (81 D, 54 R)
Introduced: Feb. 24, 1999
Description: The bill would make the tax credit for research and development activities permanent.

H.R. 838

Sponsor: Rep. James Moran, D-VA
Co-Sponsors: 25 (20 D, 5 R)
Introduced: Feb. 24, 1999
Description: H.R. 838 would provide a tax credit for employers for 20 percent of their information technology training expenses up to $6,000 a year. Companies could get a tax credit of up to 25 percent if they are located in certain areas such as empowerment and enterprise zones.

H.R. 1141, "a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes," introduced by Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-FL. May 21, 1999: Public Law 106-31.

H.R. 1291, Internet Access Charge Prohibition Act of 1999

Sponsor: Rep. Rep. Fred Upton, R-MI
Co-Sponsors: 125
Introduced: April 12, 1999
Description: The bill would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from imposing access charges on any interactive computer service or Internet service provider to support the universal service fund.

H.R. 1682, Private Sector Research And Development Act

Sponsor: Rep. Heather Wilson, R-NM
Co-Sponsors: 4 (3D, 1R)
Introduced: May 4, 1999
Description: The bill would make the research and development tax credit permanent. It also would make changes to the act to make it easier for more companies, particularly small startups, to take advantage of it, supporters say. It would make 100 percent of contract work done at universities, national labs and small businesses eligible for the tax credit. It also increases the alternative tax credit by 1 percent to 4 percent. In addition, it provides a phased-in credit for start-up businesses.

H.R.2797, Home Page Tax Repeal Act

Sponsor: Rep. Lee Terry, R-NE
Co-Sponsors: 15 (14 R, 1 D)
Introduced: Aug. 5, 1999
Description: The bill as introduced would repeal legislation added to the fiscal 1998 emergency supplemental that ratified a fee added to the cost of registering an Internet domain name. It was imposed by the National Science Foundation and collected by Network Solutions Inc., which at the time had an exclusive agreement with the federal government to register top-level domain names. The bill also would require the government to provide a refund to those who paid the fee, which generated about $60 million in total, by allowing them to file for a tax credit.

Senate
S. 211, Employee Educational Assistance Act

Sponsor: Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-NY
Co-sponsors: 23 (14D, 9R)
Introduced: Jan. 19, 1999
Description: S. 211 would permanently extend a tax benefit that allows workers to receive up to $5,250 in tax-free annual tuition assistance from their employers for undergraduate education and also would restore coverage for graduate level education.
S. 328, Permanent Internet Tax Moratorium

Sponsor: Sen. Bob Smith, I-NH
Co-Sponsors: none
Introduced: Jan. 28, 1999
Description: The bill would make a three-year moratorium on Internet-related taxes permanent.
S. 456, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

Sponsor: Sen. Kent Conrad D-ND
Cosponsors: 12 (11 D, 1 R)
Introduced: Feb. 24, 1999
Description: The bill would allow employers to claim a tax credit for up to 20 percent or $6,000 per worker of the information technology training expenses they incur in a year. Employers could receive an additional 5 percent for operating a worker training program in enterprise and empowerment zones or federal disaster areas.
S. 544, "an original bill making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions for recovery from natural disasters, and foreignassistance, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes," introduced by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-AK.
S. 680, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research credit, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Orrin Hatch R-UT
Cosponsors: 41 (25 D, 16 R)
Introduced: March 23, 1999
Description: The bill would permanently extend the tax credit for research and development.
S. 705, "a bill to repeal section 8003 of Public Law 105-174," introduced by Sen. John Ashcroft, R-MO.
S. 798, The Promote Reliable On-Line Transactions to Encourage Commerce and Trade Act

Sponsor: Sen. John McCain R-AZ
Co-sponsors: 5 (3 D 2 R)
Introduced: April 14, 1999
Description: The bill would increase the strength level of encryption products that can be exported from 56 bits to 64 bits. It also would require the creation of an advisory board that would consider requests to export stronger products to entities in countries that belong to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The president would retain the ability to block those exports that he believed would threaten national security. It also would require the National Institute for Science and Technology to establish a new advanced encryption standard by Jan. 1, 2002.
S. 951: Private Sector Research and Development Investment Act of 1999

Sponsor: Sen. Pete Domenici, R-NM
Cosponsors: 4 (2 D, 2 R)
Introduced: May 4, 1999
Description: The bill would make the research and development tax credit permanent. It also would make changes to the credit to make it easier for more companies, particularly small startups, to take advantage of it, supporters say. It would make 100 percent of contract work done at universities, national labs and small businesses eligible for the tax credit. It also increases the alternative tax credit by 1 percent to 4 percent. In addition, it provides a phased-in credit for start-up businesses.

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