Intergovernmental Tax Agreement Act of 1999
Latest action. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Intergovernmental Tax Agreement Act of 1999 - Grants U.S. consent to States and Indian tribes to enter into intergovernmental compacts and agreements concerning the collection and remittance of : (1) applicable State taxes on retail commercial transactions involving non-Indians on Indian lands; or (2) covered tribal equivalency taxes. Permits: (1) a tribe to request the Secretary of the Interior to initiate negotiations on that tribe's part with a State for the purpose of entering into a tax compact; and (2) a State to request the Secretary to initiate negotiations between a tribe and the State to enter into such a tax compact. Requires: (1) a request by a tribe or State to be in writing; (2) the Secretary to issue a written response within 30 days after receiving a request to the submitting tribe or State; (3) the Secretary to commence negotiations with respect to the tax compact that is the subject of the request submitted by the tribe or State within 30 days after receiving such request; and (4) the parties to complete the negotiations within 120 days, unless the parties agree to an extension. Directs the Secretary to initiate a mediation process, with the goal of achieving a tax compact, if: (1) the party that was requested to enter into negotiations failed to respond to that request; or (2) upon the completion of an applicable period for negotiations, the parties have failed to execute a compact. Establishes an Intergovernmental Dispute Resolution Panel to consider and render decision on: (1) a dispute between a State and a tribe that is referred to the Panel at the Secretary's discretion if negotiations and mediation do not result in the execution of a compact; and (2) any claim involving the collection or payment of retail taxes claimed by a State with respect to transactions conducted on Indian lands. Grants, except as provided, original jurisdiction to U.S. district courts with respect to: (1) the enforcement of any compact; and (2) any civil action, claim, counterclaim, or setoff brought by any party to secure equitable relief, including injunctive and declaratory relief. Prohibits any action from being brought to recover damages arising out of or in connection with an agreement or compact, except as specifically provided for in that agreement or compact. Provides for each compact to specify that each party to the compact: (1) consents to litigation to enforce the compact; and (2) waives any defense of sovereign immunity to the extent necessary to enforce that compact.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on March 15, 1999. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on March 15, 1999: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 106th Congress (1999-00), 580 of the 9,158 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 6.3 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
BEN CAMPBELL (R-CO) introduced it on March 15, 1999. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 15, 1999, 10041 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 10041 days ago, on March 15, 1999.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 106th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2001 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers