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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST 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, and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015’’ or 

6 the ‘‘DOTCOM Act of 2015’’. 

7 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR IANA STEWARDSHIP TRANSI8 TION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Until the date that is 30 legisla10 tive days after the submission to Congress of the report 


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

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

3 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions to termi4 nate, lapse, be cancelled, or otherwise cease to be in effect. 

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

6 this subsection is a report that contains— 

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

8 NTIA’s stewardship of the Internet Assigned Num9 bers Authority functions that was developed in a 

10 process convened by ICANN at the request of the 

11 NTIA; and 

12 (2) a certification by the Assistant Secretary 

13 that— 

14 (A) such proposal— 

15 (i) supports and enhances the multi16 stakeholder model of Internet governance; 

17 (ii) maintains the security, stability, 

18 and resiliency of the Internet domain name 

19 system; 

20 (iii) meets the needs and expectations 

21 of the global customers and partners of the 

22 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority serv23 ices; 

24 (iv) maintains the openness of the 

25 Internet; and 


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1 (v) does not replace the role of the 

2 NTIA with a government-led or intergov3 ernmental organization solution; and 

4 (B) the required changes to ICANN’s by5 laws contained in the final report of ICANN’s 

6 Cross Community Working Group on Enhanc7 ing ICANN Accountability and the changes to 

8 ICANN’s bylaws required by ICANN’s IANA 

9 Stewardship Transition Coordination Group 

10 have been implemented. 

11 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist13 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

14 Commerce for Communications and Information. 

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

16 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Num17 bers. 

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

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

20 public holidays, or days either House of Congress is 

21 adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of 

22 Congress. 


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1 (4) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na2 tional Telecommunications and Information Admin3 istration. 

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