3.0.0 3034 2023-01-11T13:32:40Z 2023-01-11T13:32:40Z Senate S 2016-06-08 114 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-06-08T17:39:15Z Protecting Internet Freedom Act 114 5418 HR 2016-06-09 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes. 114 6071 HR 2016-09-20 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2016-06-08 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2016-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2016-06-08 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2016-06-08 True S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE 2016-06-15 False C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2016-06-22 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2016-09-07 False S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2016-09-07 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2016-09-28 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2016-09-28 False S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2016-09-29 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2016-11-16 False Science, Technology, Communications Congressional oversight Department of Commerce Executive agency funding and structure Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Public contracts and procurement Science, Technology, Communications 00 2016-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-06T19:30:55Z Protecting Internet Freedom Act

This bill prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from allowing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's responsibility for Internet domain name system functions, including the authoritative root zone file and the performance of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, to cease unless a federal statute enacted after enactment of this bill expressly grants the Assistant Secretary such authority.

The Assistant Secretary must certify to Congress that the U.S. government has: (1) secured sole ownership of the .gov and .mil top-level domains, and (2) entered into a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that provides the U.S. government with exclusive control and use of those domains in perpetuity.

]]> Protecting Internet Freedom Act Display Title Protecting Internet Freedom Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from allowing the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions contract to lapse unless specifically authorized to do so by an Act of Congress. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Internet Freedom Act Introduced in Senate 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3034is/xml/BILLS-114s3034is.xml 2016-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.