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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks Sam, that is correct. A good and helpful clarification.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best,<br>
Keith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Samantha Eisner [mailto:Samantha.Eisner@icann.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 07, 2015 4:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Drazek, Keith; accountability-cross-community@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] U.S. Senate Resolution 71<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Thanks Keith. For our non-US colleagues, this is a “Sense of the Senate” resolution which expresses an opinion only and, as such, is not binding. So while it’s indicative of the level of interest
in the CCWG’s work, this resolution should not be read as establishing new criteria or requirements for the ultimate proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Sam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black"><Drazek>, Keith <<a href="mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com">kdrazek@verisign.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 3:30 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[CCWG-ACCT] U.S. Senate Resolution 71<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hi all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">FYI, the U.S. Senate passed the following resolution on February 5. This is relevant to the work of the Accountability CCWG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The “Designation” section is particularly note-worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best,<br>
Keith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-resolution/71/text">https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-resolution/71/text</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">[S. Res. 71 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">114th CONGRESS</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> 1st Session</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">S. RES. 71</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Designating the week of February 8 through February 14, 2015, as
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> ``Internet Governance Awareness Week''.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">_______________________________________________________________________</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> February 5, 2015</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Warner, Mr. Coons, and Mr.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Inhofe) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> RESOLUTION</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Designating the week of February 8 through February 14, 2015, as
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> ``Internet Governance Awareness Week''.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">Whereas the United States remains committed to the multistakeholder model of
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Internet governance, in which the private sector works in collaboration
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> with civil society, governments, and technical experts in a consensus
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> fashion;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">Whereas the United States has, through its stewardship of key Internet domain
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> name functions, maintained an important role in the protection of the
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Internet as presently constituted;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">Whereas on March 14, 2014, the National Telecommunications and Information
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Administration (referred to in this preamble as the ``NTIA'') announced
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> its intent to transition these key Internet domain name functions to the
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> global multistakeholder community;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">Whereas the transition process demonstrates that the United States supports and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> is committed to the multistakeholder model of Internet governance;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">Whereas the NTIA has asked the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Numbers (referred to in this preamble as ``ICANN'') to convene global
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> stakeholders to develop a proposal to transition the current role played
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> by the NTIA in the coordination of the Internet's domain name system
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (referred to in this preamble as the ``DNS'');</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">Whereas the NTIA has stated that there is no deadline for the transition, and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> that the transition proposal must have broad community support and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> must--</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (1) support and enhance the multistakeholder model;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (2) maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">DNS;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (3) meet the needs and expectations of the global customers and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">partners of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority; and</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (4) maintain the openness of the Internet;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">Whereas the NTIA has also stated that it will not accept a proposal that
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> replaces the NTIA with a government-led or an inter-governmental
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> organization, a position that is consistent with S. Con. Res. 50
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (112\th\ Congress), a concurrent resolution that was unanimously passed
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> by the Senate and the House of Representatives in 2012 and supported
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> ``the consistent and unequivocal policy of the United States to promote
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> a global Internet free from government control and preserve and advance
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> the successful multistakeholder model that governs the Internet today'';</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">Whereas ICANN will be holding its next global meeting, ICANN 52, in Singapore
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> between February 8 and February 12, 2015; and</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">Whereas designating the week of February 8 through February 14, 2015, as
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> ``Internet Governance Awareness Week'' will encourage the participants
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> at ICANN 52 to focus on developing key ICANN accountability principles
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> for the protection of the global Internet: Now, therefore, be it</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Resolved,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> The Senate designates the week of February 8 through February 14,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">2015, as ``Internet Governance Awareness Week'' to--</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (1) increase public awareness regarding the March 14, 2014
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> announcement by the National Telecommunications and Information
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Administration (referred to in this resolving clause as the
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> ``NTIA'') declaring the intention of the NTIA to transition the
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> stewardship of the functions of the Internet Assigned Numbers
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Authority to the global multistakeholder community;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (2) encourage public education about the importance of this
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> transition process; and</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (3) call the attention of the participants at the next
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> global meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> and Numbers (referred to in this resolving clause as ``ICANN'')
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> to the importance of designing accountability and governance
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> reforms to best prepare ICANN for executing the
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> responsibilities that it may receive under any transition of
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> the stewardship of the functions of the Internet Assigned
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Numbers Authority, including reforms that would--</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (A) insist that the domain name system continues to
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> function as part of a secure, stable, resilient,
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> single, decentralized, open, and interoperable
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Internet;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (B) ensure a form of stewardship and accountability
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> that is based on the separation of the functions of
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> policy-making, policy implementation, and, as needed,
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> independent adjudication or arbitration for dispute
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> resolution;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (C) limit and maintain ICANN authority to matters
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> that pertain to the coordination of Internet unique
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> identifiers, and limit each function to those rights,
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> responsibilities, and authorities that have been
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> explicitly assigned;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (D) protect ICANN from undue influence or capture
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> by one or more governments or multilateral or
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> intergovernmental organizations, or a single set of
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> other commercial or noncommercial stakeholders;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (E) maintain the commitment of ICANN for final
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> action regarding key policy decisions to demonstrate
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> broad support by the community of ICANN stakeholders;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (F) reinforce and expand transparency and
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> accountability measures to ensure community access to
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> ICANN documents and records; and</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> (G) ensure that, prior to the execution of the
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> transition of the stewardship of the functions of the
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, each of the
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> foregoing elements of such proposal is adopted and made
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> effective by ICANN through incorporation in its
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> articles of incorporation and by-laws, as needed, and
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> subject to independent adjudication or arbitration for
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> dispute resolution, as appropriate.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">SEC. 2. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"> Nothing in this resolution shall be construed as congressional
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">approval of any proposal by ICANN to transition the stewardship of the
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">functions of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority to the global
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333">multistakeholder community.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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