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Union Calendar No. 130 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 805 

[Report No. 114–175] 

To prohibit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 

from relinquishing responsibility over the Internet domain name system 

until the Comptroller General of the United States submits to Congress 

a report on the role of the NTIA with respect to such system. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 

Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. BARTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. 

LANCE, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. BUCSHON, 

Mr. KLINE, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. LATTA, and Mr. LONG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

JUNE 23, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Mr. YOHO and Mr. OLSON

JUNE 23, 2015 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 5, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To prohibit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from relinquishing responsibility over 

the Internet domain name system until the Comptroller 

General of the United States submits to Congress a 

report on the role of the NTIA with respect to such 

system. 


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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 the 

6 ‘‘DOTCOM Act of 2015’’. 

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

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

10 days after the submission to Congress of the report described 

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

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

13 Numbers Authority functions to terminate, lapse, be can14 celled, or otherwise cease to be in effect. 

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

16 subsection is a report that contains— 

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

18 NTIA’s stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers 

19 Authority functions that was developed in a process 

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

21 (2) a certification by the Assistant Secretary 

22 that— 

23 (A) such proposal— 

24 (i) supports and enhances the multi25 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 intergovern12 mental organization solution; and 

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

14 contained in the final report of ICANN’s Cross 

15 Community Working Group on Enhancing 

16 ICANN Accountability and the changes to 

17 ICANN’s bylaws required by ICANN’s IANA 

18 Stewardship Transition Coordination Group 

19 have been adopted. 

20 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist22 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of Com23 merce 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 pub6 lic holidays, or days either House of Congress is ad7 journed 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. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to provide for 

certain requirements relating to the Internet Assigned 

Numbers Authority stewardship transition.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 130 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 805 

[Report No. 114–175] 

A BILL 

To prohibit the National Telecommunications and 

of the NTIA with respect to such system. States submits to Congress a report on the role tem until the Comptroller General of the United responsibility over the Internet domain name sysInformation Administration from relinquishing 

JUNE 23, 2015 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:50 Jun 23, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H805.RH H805

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