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Calendar No. 657 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1551 

To provide for certain requirements relating to the Internet Assigned 

Numbers Authority stewardship transition. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2015 

Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. WICKER, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. AYOTTE, 

and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

OCTOBER 27, 2016 

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of September 29, 2016, 

by Mr. THUNE, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To provide for certain requirements relating to the Internet 

Assigned Numbers Authority stewardship transition. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domain Openness 

3 Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015’’ or 

4 the ‘‘DOTCOM Act of 2015’’. 

5 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR IANA STEWARDSHIP TRANSI6 TION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Until the date that is 30 legisla8 tive days after the submission to Congress of the report 

9 described in subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary may 

10 not permit the NTIA’s role in the performance of the 

11 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions to termi12 nate, lapse, be cancelled, or otherwise cease to be in effect. 

13 (b) REPORT DESCRIBED.—The report described in 

14 this subsection is a report that contains— 

15 (1) the proposal relating to the transition of the 

16 NTIA’s stewardship of the Internet Assigned Num17 bers Authority functions that was developed in a 

18 process convened by ICANN at the request of the 

19 NTIA; and 

20 (2) a certification by the Assistant Secretary 

21 that— 

22 (A) such proposal— 

23 (i) supports and enhances the multi24 stakeholder model of Internet governance; 


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1 (ii) maintains the security, stability, 

2 and resiliency of the Internet domain name 

3 system; 

4 (iii) meets the needs and expectations 

5 of the global customers and partners of the 

6 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority serv7 ices; 

8 (iv) maintains the openness of the 

9 Internet; and 

10 (v) does not replace the role of the 

11 NTIA with a government-led or intergov12 ernmental organization solution; and 

13 (B) the required changes to ICANN’s by14 laws contained in the final report of ICANN’s 

15 Cross Community Working Group on Enhanc16 ing ICANN Accountability and the changes to 

17 ICANN’s bylaws required by ICANN’s IANA 

18 Stewardship Transition Coordination Group 

19 have been implemented. 

20 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist22 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

23 Commerce for Communications and Information. 


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1 (2) ICANN.—The term ‘‘ICANN’’ means the 

2 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Num3 bers. 

4 (3) LEGISLATIVE DAY.—The term ‘‘legislative 

5 day’’ does not include Saturdays, Sundays, legal 

6 public holidays, or days either House of Congress is 

7 adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of 

8 Congress. 

9 (4) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na10 tional Telecommunications and Information Admin11 istration. 

12 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domain Openness 

14 Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015’’ or the 

15 ‘‘DOTCOM Act of 2015’’. 

16 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR IANA STEWARDSHIP TRANSI17 TION. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Until the date that is 30 legislative 

19 days after the submission to Congress of the report described 

20 in subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary may not permit 

21 the NTIA’s role in the performance of the Internet Assigned 

22 Numbers Authority functions to terminate, lapse, be can23 celled, or otherwise cease to be in effect. 

24 (b) REPORT DESCRIBED.—The report described in this 

25 subsection is a report that contains— 


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1 (1) the proposal relating to the transition of the 

2 NTIA’s stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers 

3 Authority functions that was developed in a process 

4 convened by ICANN at the request of the NTIA; and 

5 (2) a certification by the Assistant Secretary 

6 that— 

7 (A) such proposal— 

8 (i) supports and enhances the multi9 stakeholder model of Internet governance; 

10 (ii) maintains the security, stability, 

11 and resiliency of the Internet domain name 

12 system; 

13 (iii) meets the needs and expectations 

14 of the global customers and partners of the 

15 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority serv16 ices; 

17 (iv) maintains the openness of the 

18 Internet; and 

19 (v) does not replace the role of the 

20 NTIA with a government-led or intergovern21 mental organization solution; and 

22 (B) the required changes to ICANN’s bylaws 

23 contained in the final report of ICANN’s Cross 

24 Community Working Group on Enhancing 

25 ICANN Accountability and the changes to 


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1 ICANN’s bylaws required by ICANN’s IANA 

2 Stewardship Transition Coordination Group 

3 have been adopted. 

4 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist6 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of Com7 merce for Communications and Information. 

8 (2) ICANN.—The term ‘‘ICANN’’ means the 

9 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Num10 bers. 

11 (3) LEGISLATIVE DAY.—The term ‘‘legislative 

12 day’’ does not include Saturdays, Sundays, legal pub13 lic holidays, or days either House of Congress is ad14 journed for more than 3 days during a session of 

15 Congress. 

16 (4) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na17 tional Telecommunications and Information Admin18 istration. 


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Calendar No. 657 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1551 

A BILL 

To provide for certain requirements relating to the 

ship transition. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority stewardOCTOBER 27, 2016 

Reported with an amendment 


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