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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'>Matieu<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>As a poorly functioning French speaker (especially for higher level legislative French) I would appreciate a translation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>**NOTE: OUR NEW ADDRESS -- EFFECTIVE 12/15/14 ***<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>509 C St. NE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Washington, DC 20002<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Paul Rosenzweig<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweigesq@redbranchconsulting.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>O: +1 (202) 547-0660<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>M: +1 (202) 329-9650<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Skype: +1 (202) 738-1739 or paul.rosenzweig1066<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><a href="http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=9"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Link to my PGP Key</span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'> Mathieu Weill [mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 7, 2015 6:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> accountability-cross-community@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] U.S. Senate Resolution 71<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<br><br>As we share resolutions from national Senates, if there is interest from the group, I could arrange for a translation of the French Senate resolution related to Internet governance (<a href="http://www.senat.fr/rap/l14-102/l14-1022.html#toc4">http://www.senat.fr/rap/l14-102/l14-1022.html#toc4</a>, French only). There are also inputs that would fall within the scope of our group. <br><br>Best<br>Mathieu<br> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Le 07/02/2015 16:02, Samantha Eisner a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>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></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sam<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From: </b><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></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The “Designation” section is particularly note-worthy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<br>Keith<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'>114th CONGRESS</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> 1st Session</span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'>_______________________________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> February 5, 2015</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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. </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> agreed to</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'>_______________________________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> RESOLUTION</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></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 remains committed to the multistakeholder model of </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> fashion;</span><o:p></o:p></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> global multistakeholder community;</span><o:p></o:p></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> must--</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'>DNS;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></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 also stated that it will not accept a proposal that </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> Resolved,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'>SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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, </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> Internet;</span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> resolution;</span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> explicitly assigned;</span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'>SEC. 2. 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