IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 805 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 24, 2015 
Received 
JULY 14, 2016 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation 
AN ACT 
To provide for certain requirements relating to the Internet 
Assigned Numbers Authority stewardship transition. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domain Openness 
Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015’’ or 
the ‘‘DOTCOM Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR IANA STEWARDSHIP TRANSI-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Until the date that is 30 legisla-
tive days after the submission to Congress of the report 
described in subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary may 
not permit the NTIA’s role in the performance of the 
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions to termi-
nate, lapse, be cancelled, or otherwise cease to be in effect. 
(b) REPORT DESCRIBED.—The report described in 
this subsection is a report that contains— 
(1) the proposal relating to the transition of the 
NTIA’s stewardship of the Internet Assigned Num-
bers Authority functions that was developed in a 
process convened by ICANN at the request of the 
NTIA; and 
(2) a certification by the Assistant Secretary 
that— 
(A) such proposal— 
(i) supports and enhances the multi-
stakeholder model of Internet governance; 
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(ii) maintains the security, stability, 
and resiliency of the Internet domain name 
system; 
(iii) meets the needs and expectations 
of the global customers and partners of the 
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority serv-
ices; 
(iv) maintains the openness of the 
Internet; and 
(v) does not replace the role of the 
NTIA with a government-led or intergov-
ernmental organization solution; and 
(B) the required changes to ICANN’s by-
laws contained in the final report of ICANN’s 
Cross Community Working Group on Enhanc-
ing ICANN Accountability and the changes to 
ICANN’s bylaws required by ICANN’s IANA 
Stewardship Transition Coordination Group 
have been adopted. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information. 
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(2) ICANN.—The term ‘‘ICANN’’ means the 
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Num-
bers. 
(3) LEGISLATIVE DAY.—The term ‘‘legislative 
day’’ does not include Saturdays, Sundays, legal 
public holidays, or days either House of Congress is 
adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of 
Congress. 
(4) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Admin-
istration. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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