[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5329 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5329

      To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
    Administration to extend the IANA functions contract unless it 
certifies that the United States Government has secured sole ownership 
    of the .gov and .mil top-level domains, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2016

  Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
      To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
    Administration to extend the IANA functions contract unless it 
certifies that the United States Government has secured sole ownership 
    of the .gov and .mil top-level domains, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing America's Internet Domains 
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED EXTENSION OF IANA FUNCTIONS CONTRACT UNLESS UNITED 
              STATES OWNERSHIP OF .GOV AND .MIL DOMAINS SECURED.

    (a) In General.--Unless the Assistant Secretary submits the 
certification described in subsection (b) to the appropriate 
congressional committees, the Assistant Secretary shall exercise the 
second option period described in paragraph I.70(b) of the IANA 
functions contract to extend such contract through September 30, 2019.
    (b) Certification Described.--The certification described in this 
subsection is a written certification that the United States Government 
has--
            (1) secured sole ownership of the .gov and .mil top-level 
        domains; and
            (2) entered into a contract with ICANN that provides that 
        the United States Government has exclusive control and use of 
        such domains in perpetuity.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to--
            (1) authorize the Assistant Secretary to relinquish the 
        responsibilities of the NTIA with respect to Internet domain 
        name functions, including responsibility with respect to the 
        authoritative root zone file, the IANA functions, or the 
        related root zone management functions; or
            (2) prohibit the Assistant Secretary from exercising the 
        second option period described in subsection (a).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
        Senate.
            (2) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information.
            (3) IANA functions.--The term ``IANA functions'' means the 
        Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, as described in 
        the IANA functions contract.
            (4) IANA functions contract.--The term ``IANA functions 
        contract'' means the contract between the NTIA and ICANN that 
        became effective on October 1, 2012, under which ICANN is 
        required to perform the IANA functions (Contract No. SA1301-12-
        CN-0035).
            (5) ICANN.--The term ``ICANN'' means the Internet 
        Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
            (6) NTIA.--The term ``NTIA'' means the National 
        Telecommunications and Information Administration.
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