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H.R. 5515: Stop Taxing Our Potential Act of 2019

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H.R. 5515: Stop Taxing Our Potential Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-12-19 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-12-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Stop Taxing Our Potential Act of 2019

Plain summary

Stop Taxing Our Potential Act of 201 9 This bill prohibits a state from imposing on a person obligations related to collecting or paying a sales tax, use tax, or similar tax unless the person had a physical presence in the state during the calendar quarter with respect to which the obligation is imposed. A person is physically present if the person's business activities in the state include maintaining a commercial or legal domicile in the state; owning, holding, leasing, or maintaining certain property in the state; having one or more employees, agents, or independent contractors in the state who provide on-site design, installation, or repair services on behalf of the remote seller; having one or more employees, exclusive agents or exclusive independent contractors present in the state who engage in activities that substantially assist the person to establish or maintain a market in the state; or maintaining an office in the state at which three or more employees are regularly employed. The bill specifies certain activities and agreements that indicate a de minimis physical presence that is excluded from the definition of "physical presence." The bill also specifies that U.S. district courts have original jurisdiction over civil actions to enforce this bill.

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

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Stop Taxing Our Potential Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Chris Pappas (D-NH)

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Words on this page, explained (4)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.
Obligation
A binding promise by a government agency to pay money, for example by signing a contract or awarding a grant. Spending data such as USAspending.gov counts money when it is obligated, which can be before it is actually paid out.
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-cong116-hr5515 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116