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H.R. 3179: Marketplace Equity Act of 2011

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H.R. 3179: Marketplace Equity Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-10-13 · Taxation · Latest: Committee Hearings Held.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-10-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Marketplace Equity Act of 2011

Plain summary

Marketplace Equity Act of 2011 - Authorizes states to require all sellers making remote sales to collect and remit sales and use taxes with respect to such sales into the state, without regard to the location of the seller, if such states implement a simplified system for administration of sales and use tax collection for remote sellers. Requires such a system to include, at a minimum: (1) an exception for remote sellers with gross annual receipts in the preceding calendar year from remote sales not exceeding $1 million in the United States or not exceeding $100,000 in the state, (2) a single sales and use tax return for use by remote sellers and a single revenue authority within the state with which remote sellers are required to file a tax return, and (3) a uniform tax base throughout the state. Defines "remote sale" as a sale of goods or services attributed to a state with respect to which a seller does not have adequate physical presence to establish a nexus so as to allow such state to require such seller to collect and remit taxes.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Marketplace Equity Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] · 56 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Todd Young (R-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Austin Scott (R-GA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Adam Smith (D-WA), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Rick Larsen (D-WA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] reported raising $2.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Sales tax
A tax added to the price of goods and some services when they are bought.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr3179 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112