,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ad1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,duffy introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,national      
,telecommunications and ,information    
,administration from relinquishing      
responsibility with respect to the      
,internet ,assigned ,numbers ,authority 
functions4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,global ,internet   
,freedom ,act of #bjae or the ,,gif ,act
 of #bjae4  #b4 ,findings ,congress     
finds the following3  7#a7 ,on ,october 
#a1 #bjab1 the ,national                
,telecommunications and ,information    
,administration of the ,department of   
,commerce entered into a contract with  
the non-profit ,internet ,corporation   
for ,assigned ,names and ,numbers to    
administer the ,internet ,assigned      
,numbers ,authority functions4  7#b7 ,on
 ,march #ad1 #bjad1 the ,national       

,telecommunications and ,information    
,administration announced its intention 
to transition key ,internet domain name 
functions to the ,internet ,corporation 
for ,assigned ,names and ,numbers and   
the global multistakeholder community4  
7#c7 ,clause #b of section #c of article
 ,,iv of the ,constitution states that  
8the ,congress shall have ,power to     
dispose of ''' ,property belonging to   
the ,united ,states04  7#d7 ,in a report
 issued in #bjjj1 the ,government       
,accountability ,office stated that 8it 
is unclear if the ,department of        
,commerce has the requisite authority0  
to transfer control of the ,internet    
,assigned ,numbers ,authority functions 
to a private entity4  #c4 ,,ntia        
prohibited from relinquishing           
responsibility for ,,iana functions ,the
 ,assistant ,secretary of ,commerce for 
,communications and ,information may not
 relinquish the responsibility of the   
,national ,telecommunications and       
,information ,administration with       

respect to the ,internet ,assigned      
,numbers ,authority functions1 including
 the following3 7#a7 ,coordination of   
the assignment of technical ,internet   
protocol parameters4  7#b7 ,performance 
of administrative functions associated  
with ,internet domain name system root  
zone management4  7#c7 ,allocation of   
,internet numbering resources4