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HR 4342 113th Congress House

DOTCOM Act of 2014

Official title: To prohibit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from relinquishing responsibility over the Internet domain name system until the Com… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from relinquishing responsibility over the Internet domain name system until the Comptroller General of the United States submits to Congress a report on the role of the NTIA with respect to such system.

Introduced: March 27, 2014 See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Congressional oversightDepartment of CommerceExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigations
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 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
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 Latest action December 23, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546.

 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.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 4367 Related bill Internet Stewardship Act of 2014
  • HR 4398 Related bill GIF Act of 2014
  • HR 4435 Related bill Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 22
All 22 Republican 5
Bucshon, Larry
· May 6, 2014
Yoho, Ted
· May 1, 2014
Meadows, Mark
· Apr 29, 2014
Gibbs, Bob
· Apr 28, 2014
Hartzler, Vicky
· Apr 28, 2014
WOLF, FRANK
· Apr 28, 2014
Farenthold, Blake
· Apr 9, 2014
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Apr 9, 2014
Poe, Ted
· Apr 9, 2014
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Apr 8, 2014
WALDEN, GREG
· Apr 8, 2014
Kline, John
· Apr 7, 2014
TERRY, LEE
· Apr 7, 2014
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Apr 3, 2014
Black, Diane
· Apr 2, 2014
Lance, Leonard
· Apr 2, 2014
Long, Billy
· Apr 2, 2014
 R
Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Apr 2, 2014
BARTON, JOE
· Mar 27, 2014
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 27, 2014
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Mar 27, 2014
Rokita, Todd
· Mar 27, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4342: DOTCOM Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4342/
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"H.R. 4342: DOTCOM Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4342/.
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H.R. 4342, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4342/.
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