That bill put a three-year moratorium on new Internet taxes and created a commission to study the issue.
Theses are sales taxes voted in by the communities and used mainly to fund education.
This gives the opportunity to allow communities who have been hurt to collect the tax. The same rules generally apply to Internet firms. Meanwhile, industry advocates maintained that any new taxes would stifle a growing industry. Congress agreed to postpone any quick decisions with the bill passed last year. More time needed Critics said today that Hollings' bill would destroy that effort.