[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3650 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3650
To permit a State to impose a sales tax on qualifying purchases at any
gift shop on Federal property, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 29, 2025
Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To permit a State to impose a sales tax on qualifying purchases at any
gift shop on Federal property, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Gift Shop Tax Act''.
SEC. 2. SALES TAX IN GIFT SHOPS.
(a) In General.--A State may levy a sales tax on qualifying
purchases made from any gift shop located on Federal property.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Federal property.--The term ``Federal property'' means
any building, land, or other real property owned, leased, or
occupied by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States, or any other instrumentality wholly owned by the
United States, including any facility or property of the
Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
(2) Qualifying purchase.--The term ``qualifying purchase''
means any purchase made in the gift shop or made online through
the gift shop.
(3) State.--The term ``State'' means each State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
any other territory or possession of the United States, and any
political subdivision of the foregoing.
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