<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23150">Thanks for sharing this Greg, <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23151"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23152"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23153"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23155">The letter says "to the contrary, Congress expressly mandated that no funds be used to relinquish
the NTIA’s supervisory functions."&nbsp; <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23284"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23317">Is there any detail and reference on this? Appreciate sharing any links etc. Also, if anyone knows how would the funds be arranged for such processes??If not NTIA, who will pay?? any idea?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23561" dir="ltr">Thanks, <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23160"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23159"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23161"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23162">  <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23163" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23164" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23165" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23166" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23167" size="1"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23168"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23169" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Greg Shatan &lt;gregshatanipc@gmail.com&gt;<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23170"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23171"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23172" style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "accountability-cross-community@icann.org" &lt;accountability-cross-community@icann.org&gt; <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23173"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23174"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23175" style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 23, 2016 4:50 AM<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23176"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23177"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23178" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [CCWG-ACCT] Letter from Sen. Cruz to NTIA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23179"> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23180"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23181"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23182"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23183" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23184" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23185" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;">Link to letter on IANA&nbsp;sent today&nbsp;from Cruz, et al.&nbsp;to NTIA is below:</span><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23186" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23187"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23188" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20160621_NTIALetter.pdf">http://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20160621_NTIALetter.pdf</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23189" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23190"><img id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23191" data-id="be50d5f7-7688-f6b1-19d1-f9cf1fe7cd26" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23192">Greg</div></div></div></div></div><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23193">_______________________________________________<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23194">Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23195"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23196" ymailto="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org" href="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org">Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23197"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23198" href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community</a><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23199"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23200"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466671292421_23201"></div> </div> </div>  </div></div></body></html>