Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he is “looking at”scheduling a bill that would let states collect taxes onout-of-state sellers as the next issue on lawmakers' agenda afterpending gun legislation.

Reid, who controls the flow of legislation to the U.S. Senate'sfloor, indicated in a brief interview yesterday in Washington thathe hadn't made a decision yet. A vote on the sales tax measurecould come as early as next week, said a Senate Democratic aide whospoke on condition of anonymity.

The bill, backed by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.,would let states collect some of the $24 billion in revenue theylose to untaxed sales made by retailers with no physical presencein their states. EBay Inc. and anti-tax groups such as Americansfor Tax Reform oppose the measure.