S. 1551 · 114th Congress
DOTCOM Act of 2015
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ThuneSponsor5 cosponsors · 2 D, 3 R
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Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015 or the DOTCOM Act of 2015
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Oct 27, 2016
Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015 or the DOTCOM Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from permitting the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA's) role in the performance of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions to cease until 30 legislative days after the Assistant Secretary submits to Congress a report that contains: (1) the proposal relating to the transition of the NTIA's stewardship of the IANA functions that was developed in a process convened by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at the request of the NTIA, and (2) the following required certifications by the Assistant Secretary.
The bill requires the Assistant Secretary to certify that: (1) such proposal supports and enhances the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, maintains the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet domain name system, meets the needs of global customers and partners of the IANA services, maintains the openness of the Internet, and does not replace the role of the NTIA with a government-led or intergovernmental organization solution; and (2) 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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: DOTCOM Act of 2015
Also known as: Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015
Latest action (Oct 27, 2016): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 657.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 11, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.