S. 1551 — Reported in Senate

II Calendar No. 657 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1551 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 11, 2015Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Ayotte, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation October 27, 2016Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of September 29, 2016, by Mr. Thune, with an amendmentStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To provide for certain requirements relating to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority stewardship transition. 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. 2. Requirements for IANA stewardship transition (a) In general Until the date that is 30 legislative 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 terminate, 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 Numbers 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 multistakeholder model of Internet governance; (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 services; (iv) maintains the openness of the Internet; and (v) does not replace the role of the NTIA with a government-led or intergovernmental organization solution; and (B) the required changes to ICANN’s bylaws contained in the final report of ICANN’s Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability and the changes to ICANN’s bylaws required by ICANN’s IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group have been implemented. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Assistant Secretary The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. (2) ICANN The term ICANN means the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. (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 National Telecommunications and Information Administration. 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. 2. Requirements for IANA stewardship transition (a) In general Until the date that is 30 legislative 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 terminate, 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 Numbers 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 multistakeholder model of Internet governance; (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 services; (iv) maintains the openness of the Internet; and (v) does not replace the role of the NTIA with a government-led or intergovernmental organization solution; and (B) the required changes to ICANN’s bylaws contained in the final report of ICANN’s Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing 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 Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. (2) ICANN The term ICANN means the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. (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 National Telecommunications and Information Administration. October 27, 2016Reported with an amendment