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BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ An Idaho House committee rejected a bill that would have given sporting goods giant Cabela's a tax incentive to build a megastore in the Post Falls area.

Sponsored by Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, and Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, the measure would have refunded 75 percent of sales tax collected at the store to Cabela's to reimburse the company for building a new highway interchange at Post Falls to access the hunting and fishing showroom. The Idaho Department of Transportation has estimated such an interchange would cost $10 million to $15 million.

The House Revenue and Taxation Committee voted 9-8 against even introducing it.

That means the store could be located in Eastern Washington instead of northern Idaho. Two bills to give Cabela's tax incentives in Washington are still making their way through the Washington Legislature.