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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5329 

To require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 

to extend the IANA functions contract unless it certifies that the United 

States Government has secured sole ownership of the .gov and .mil 

top-level domains, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 25, 2016 

Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the National Telecommunications and Information 

Administration to extend the IANA functions contract 

unless it certifies that the United States Government 

has secured sole ownership of the .gov and .mil toplevel domains, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Securing America’s 

5 Internet Domains Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIRED EXTENSION OF IANA FUNCTIONS CON2 TRACT UNLESS UNITED STATES OWNERSHIP 

3 OF .GOV AND .MIL DOMAINS SECURED. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Unless the Assistant Secretary 

5 submits the certification described in subsection (b) to the 

6 appropriate congressional committees, the Assistant Sec7 retary shall exercise the second option period described in 

8 paragraph I.70(b) of the IANA functions contract to ex9 tend such contract through September 30, 2019. 

10 (b) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The certification 

11 described in this subsection is a written certification that 

12 the United States Government has— 

13 (1) secured sole ownership of the .gov and .mil 

14 top-level domains; and 

15 (2) entered into a contract with ICANN that 

16 provides that the United States Government has ex17 clusive control and use of such domains in per18 petuity. 

19 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec20 tion shall be construed to— 

21 (1) authorize the Assistant Secretary to relin22 quish the responsibilities of the NTIA with respect 

23 to Internet domain name functions, including re24 sponsibility with respect to the authoritative root 

25 zone file, the IANA functions, or the related root 

26 zone management functions; or 


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1 (2) prohibit the Assistant Secretary from exer2 cising the second option period described in sub3 section (a). 

4 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’’ means the Committee on Energy and Com8 merce of the House of Representatives and the Com9 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

10 the Senate. 

11 (2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist12 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

13 Commerce for Communications and Information. 

14 (3) IANA FUNCTIONS.—The term ‘‘IANA func15 tions’’ means the Internet Assigned Numbers Au16 thority functions, as described in the IANA func17 tions contract. 

18 (4) IANA FUNCTIONS CONTRACT.—The term 

19 ‘‘IANA functions contract’’ means the contract be20 tween the NTIA and ICANN that became effective 

21 on October 1, 2012, under which ICANN is required 

22 to perform the IANA functions (Contract No. 

23 SA1301–12–CN–0035). 


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

2 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Num3 bers. 

4 (6) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na5 tional Telecommunications and Information Admin6 istration. 

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