Gift shops at federal properties — the Smithsonian, national parks, the Holocaust Museum, the Kennedy Center — currently don't have to collect state or local sales tax because they sit on federal land. This bill would change that by letting states impose their regular sales tax on purchases made at any gift shop on federal property, including online purchases through those shops. For shoppers, it means paying the same sales tax you'd pay at any other store.
Congressional Summary
This bill allows each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (or a political subdivision of the state or territory) to impose a sales tax on any purchase made in person or online at a gift shop located on federal property.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-05-29
- Date Added
- 2026-04-15
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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