House May Vote on DOTCOM Act This Week
The House on Friday added the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act (HR-805) to the schedule of bills it may consider this week under suspension of the rules. The office of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., hadn’t…
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scheduled a specific day for House consideration of HR-805 at our deadline. The House Commerce Committee approved a compromise version of HR-805 Wednesday (see 1506170048) that would require NTIA to submit a report to Congress certifying that ICANN’s Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition plan meets the U.S. goal of maintaining global Internet openness. The bill would give Congress 30 legislative days to review the report before NTIA can relinquish its IANA oversight role. HR-805 would also require NTIA to certify that ICANN has adopted proposed changes to its bylaws. House Commerce’s swift markup of HR-805 and the House’s plans to consider the bill under suspension are early indicators that the House is likely to easily pass HR-805, an industry lobbyist told us. House consideration of HR-805 would occur during an ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires at which further discussion about the IANA transition is set to dominate the proceedings (see 1506190061).