I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2309 
To restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory 
tax on cell phone services, providers, or property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2013 
Ms. LOFGREN (for herself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. 
AMODEI, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. BARTON, Ms. BASS, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
BOUSTANY, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 
BROUN
of Georgia, Ms. BROWN
of Florida, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARSON 
of Indiana, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COLLINS of 
Georgia, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. DENT, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. ENYART, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. FLORES, 
Mr. FORBES, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GINGREY 
of Georgia, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. 
HALL, Mr. HANNA, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HAS-
TINGS of Washington, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. HOLT, 
Mr. HONDA, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. ISRAEL, 
Mr. ISSA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JONES, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. 
KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KINZINGER of Illi-
nois, Mr. KLINE, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. CLAY, Mr. LANCE, Mr. LATTA, 
Mr. LONG, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MARINO, Mr. 
MATHESON, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
MEEKS, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. OLSON, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. POLIS, Mr. RADEL, Mr. 
REED, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. ROKITA, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Mr. ROSS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. 
RUNYAN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SALMON, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of 
California, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. 
SESSIONS, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. 
SINEMA, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. 
STOCKMAN, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON 
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of Mississippi, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VARGAS, 
Mr. VEASEY, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. WEBSTER of 
Florida, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. WHITFIELD, Ms. WIL-
SON of Florida, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. YODER, Mr. MASSIE, 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. DESANTIS, and Mr. COLE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing 
a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, pro-
viders, or property. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wireless Tax Fairness 
Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) It is appropriate to exercise congressional 
enforcement authority under section 5 of the 14th 
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
and Congress’ plenary power under article I, section 
8, clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States 
(commonly known as the ‘‘commerce clause’’) in 
order to ensure that States and political subdivisions 
thereof do not discriminate against providers and 
consumers of mobile services by imposing new selec-
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tive and excessive taxes and other burdens on such 
providers and consumers. 
(2) In light of the history and pattern of dis-
criminatory taxation faced by providers and con-
sumers of mobile services, the prohibitions against 
and remedies to correct discriminatory State and 
local taxation in section 306 of the Railroad Revital-
ization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (49 
U.S.C. 11501) provide an appropriate analogy for 
congressional action, and similar Federal legislative 
measures are warranted that will prohibit imposing 
new discriminatory taxes on providers and con-
sumers of mobile services and that will assure an ef-
fective, uniform remedy. 
SEC. 3. MORATORIUM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No State or local jurisdiction shall 
impose a new discriminatory tax on or with respect to mo-
bile services, mobile service providers, or mobile service 
property, during the 5-year period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) MOBILE SERVICE.—The term ‘‘mobile serv-
ice’’ means commercial mobile radio service, as such 
term is defined in section 20.3 of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of en-
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