Several lawmakers are looking to make a ban on Internet access taxes permanent, in hopes of sidestepping the more controversial question of whether Internet sales should be taxed.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Chris Cox, R-Calif., said Monday they would try to make the existing ban permanent before it expires in November. In addition, Republican Rep. Chris Cannon said his committee would start work on the bill this week.

"I think it's important to move this immediately," said Cannon, who chairs the House of Representatives subcommittee on commercial and administrative law.

The moratorium, first passed in 1998, prohibits "multiple and discriminatory" taxes on Internet traffic. That means states, counties or other jurisdictions may not tax Internet access fees or Internet traffic.

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