113 HR 4367 IH: Internet Stewardship Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives 2014-04-02 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.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4367 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 2, 2014 Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from relinquishing responsibilities with respect to Internet domain name functions.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Internet Stewardship Act of 2014.

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NTIA prohibited from relinquishing DNS responsibilities

The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information may not relinquish or agree to relinquish the responsibilities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration with respect to Internet domain name functions, including responsibility with respect to the authoritative root zone file, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, or the related root zone management functions, unless such relinquishment is permitted by a statute enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.