Amendment to Senate's Commerce Budget Would Require 45-Day Warning on IANA Transition
The Senate Appropriations Committee-passed version of the FY 2016 budget for the departments of Commerce and Justice and related federal agencies, released Thursday, contains an amendment from Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., that directs NTIA to inform the committee and the…
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Senate Commerce Committee no fewer than 45 days before it makes a decision on approving ICANN’s proposed Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition plan. A House-passed version of the FY 2016 Commerce budget (HR-2578) included an amendment that would prohibit NTIA from using its funds on the IANA transition through the end of FY 2016 (see 1506040052 and 1506020043). The Senate Appropriations amendment, among those included in a manager’s amendment package that Senate Appropriations cleared 27-3, also directs NTIA to continue to issue quarterly reports to Senate Appropriations on “all aspects” of the IANA transition process. Senate Appropriations “continues to be concerned about this process and supports the continued stewardship role of the United States over the domain name system in order to ensure the security of the .gov and .mil domains and to protect the freedom of speech and expression internationally,” the amendment said. Another amendment passed as part of Senate Appropriations’ version of the Commerce budget would direct NTIA to continue assisting states and localities that have received broadband grant awards in improving public safety networks.