[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 96 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4734. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Lankford) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4685 proposed by 
Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2578, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to relinquish the responsibility of the National 
     Telecommunications and Information Administration with 
     respect to Internet domain name system functions, including 
     responsibility with respect to the authoritative root zone 
     file and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions 
     unless Congress affirmatively votes to authorize such 
     relinquishment.
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