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DOTCOM Act of 2014

Introduced: March 27, 2014 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 23, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546.
Dec 23, 2014
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-715.
May 8, 2014
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
May 8, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 7, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 28, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Mar 27, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 27, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2014 or the DOTCOM Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from relinquishing or agreeing to any proposal relating to the relinquishment of the responsibility of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) over Internet domain name system functions (including the authoritative root zone file, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, and related root zone management functions) until the Comptroller General (GAO), within one year after the NTIA receives a relinquishment proposal developed in a process convened by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at the request of the NTIA, submits a report to Congress regarding the role of the NTIA with respect to the Internet domain name system.

Requires such GAO report to include: (1) advantages and disadvantages of such relinquishment of NTIA responsibility; (2) any principles or criteria that the NTIA sets for relinquishment proposals, as well as an analysis of each proposal received by the NTIA; (3) the processes used by the NTIA and any other federal agencies for evaluating proposals; (4) any national security concerns; and (5) a definition of "multistakeholder model" as used by the NTIA with respect to Internet policymaking and governance.

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546.

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