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H.R. 805: Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015

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H.R. 805: Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-05 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 377 (2015): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR805 (2015-06-23), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015

Plain summary

Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015 or the DOTCOM Act of 2015 Prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from permitting the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA's) role in the performance of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions to cease until 30 legislative days after the Assistant Secretary submits to Congress a report that contains: (1) the proposal relating to the transition of the NTIA's stewardship of the IANA functions that was developed in a process convened by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at the request of the NTIA, and (2) the following required certifications by the Assistant Secretary. Requires the Assistant Secretary to certify that: (1) such proposal supports and enhances the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, maintains the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet domain name system, meets the needs of global customers and partners of the IANA services, maintains the openness of the Internet, and does not replace the role of the NTIA with a government-led or intergovernmental organization solution; and (2) the required changes to ICANN's bylaws contained in the final report of ICANN's Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability and the changes to ICANN's bylaws required by ICANN's IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group have been adopted.

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Official text

Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15] · 15 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 805, Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015 (2015-06-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Robert E. Latta (R-OH)

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Record fed-us-cong114-hr805 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114