[CCWG-ACCT] U.S. Senate Resolution 71
Mathieu Weill
mathieu.weill at afnic.fr
Sat Feb 7 11:09:39 UTC 2015
Dear Colleagues,
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
(http://www.senat.fr/rap/l14-102/l14-1022.html#toc4, French only). There
are also inputs that would fall within the scope of our group.
Best
Mathieu
Le 07/02/2015 16:02, Samantha Eisner a écrit :
> 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.
>
> Best,
>
> Sam
>
> From: <Drazek>, Keith <kdrazek at verisign.com <mailto:kdrazek at verisign.com>>
> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 3:30 PM
> To: "accountability-cross-community at icann.org
> <mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org>"
> <accountability-cross-community at icann.org
> <mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org>>
> Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] U.S. Senate Resolution 71
>
> Hi all,
>
> FYI, the U.S. Senate passed the following resolution on February 5.
> This is relevant to the work of the Accountability CCWG.
>
> The “Designation” section is particularly note-worthy.
>
> Best,
> Keith
>
> https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-resolution/71/text
>
> [Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
>
> [From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
>
> [S. Res. 71 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
>
> 114th CONGRESS
>
> 1st Session
>
> S. RES. 71
>
> Designating the week of February 8 through February 14, 2015, as
>
> ``Internet Governance Awareness Week''.
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
>
> IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
>
> February 5, 2015
>
> Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Warner, Mr. Coons, and Mr.
>
> Inhofe) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and
>
> agreed to
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
>
> RESOLUTION
>
> Designating the week of February 8 through February 14, 2015, as
>
> ``Internet Governance Awareness Week''.
>
> Whereas the United States remains committed to the multistakeholder
> model of
>
> Internet governance, in which the private sector works in
> collaboration
>
> with civil society, governments, and technical experts in a
> consensus
>
> fashion;
>
> Whereas the United States has, through its stewardship of key Internet
> domain
>
> name functions, maintained an important role in the protection
> of the
>
> Internet as presently constituted;
>
> Whereas on March 14, 2014, the National Telecommunications and
> Information
>
> Administration (referred to in this preamble as the ``NTIA'')
> announced
>
> its intent to transition these key Internet domain name
> functions to the
>
> global multistakeholder community;
>
> Whereas the transition process demonstrates that the United States
> supports and
>
> is committed to the multistakeholder model of Internet governance;
>
> Whereas the NTIA has asked the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
> and
>
> Numbers (referred to in this preamble as ``ICANN'') to convene
> global
>
> stakeholders to develop a proposal to transition the current
> role played
>
> by the NTIA in the coordination of the Internet's domain name
> system
>
> (referred to in this preamble as the ``DNS'');
>
> Whereas the NTIA has stated that there is no deadline for the
> transition, and
>
> that the transition proposal must have broad community support
> and
>
> must--
>
> (1) support and enhance the multistakeholder model;
>
> (2) maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet
>
> DNS;
>
> (3) meet the needs and expectations of the global customers and
>
> partners of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority; and
>
> (4) maintain the openness of the Internet;
>
> Whereas the NTIA has also stated that it will not accept a proposal that
>
> replaces the NTIA with a government-led or an inter-governmental
>
> organization, a position that is consistent with S. Con. Res. 50
>
> (112\th\ Congress), a concurrent resolution that was
> unanimously passed
>
> by the Senate and the House of Representatives in 2012 and
> supported
>
> ``the consistent and unequivocal policy of the United States
> to promote
>
> a global Internet free from government control and preserve
> and advance
>
> the successful multistakeholder model that governs the
> Internet today'';
>
> Whereas ICANN will be holding its next global meeting, ICANN 52, in
> Singapore
>
> between February 8 and February 12, 2015; and
>
> Whereas designating the week of February 8 through February 14, 2015, as
>
> ``Internet Governance Awareness Week'' will encourage the
> participants
>
> at ICANN 52 to focus on developing key ICANN accountability
> principles
>
> for the protection of the global Internet: Now, therefore, be it
>
> Resolved,
>
> SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
>
> The Senate designates the week of February 8 through February 14,
>
> 2015, as ``Internet Governance Awareness Week'' to--
>
> (1) increase public awareness regarding the March 14, 2014
>
> announcement by the National Telecommunications and Information
>
> Administration (referred to in this resolving clause as the
>
> ``NTIA'') declaring the intention of the NTIA to transition the
>
> stewardship of the functions of the Internet Assigned Numbers
>
> Authority to the global multistakeholder community;
>
> (2) encourage public education about the importance of this
>
> transition process; and
>
> (3) call the attention of the participants at the next
>
> global meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
>
> and Numbers (referred to in this resolving clause as ``ICANN'')
>
> to the importance of designing accountability and governance
>
> reforms to best prepare ICANN for executing the
>
> responsibilities that it may receive under any transition of
>
> the stewardship of the functions of the Internet Assigned
>
> Numbers Authority, including reforms that would--
>
> (A) insist that the domain name system continues to
>
> function as part of a secure, stable, resilient,
>
> single, decentralized, open, and interoperable
>
> Internet;
>
> (B) ensure a form of stewardship and accountability
>
> that is based on the separation of the functions of
>
> policy-making, policy implementation, and, as needed,
>
> independent adjudication or arbitration for dispute
>
> resolution;
>
> (C) limit and maintain ICANN authority to matters
>
> that pertain to the coordination of Internet unique
>
> identifiers, and limit each function to those rights,
>
> responsibilities, and authorities that have been
>
> explicitly assigned;
>
> (D) protect ICANN from undue influence or capture
>
> by one or more governments or multilateral or
>
> intergovernmental organizations, or a single set of
>
> other commercial or noncommercial stakeholders;
>
> (E) maintain the commitment of ICANN for final
>
> action regarding key policy decisions to demonstrate
>
> broad support by the community of ICANN stakeholders;
>
> (F) reinforce and expand transparency and
>
> accountability measures to ensure community access to
>
> ICANN documents and records; and
>
> (G) ensure that, prior to the execution of the
>
> transition of the stewardship of the functions of the
>
> Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, each of the
>
> foregoing elements of such proposal is adopted and made
>
> effective by ICANN through incorporation in its
>
> articles of incorporation and by-laws, as needed, and
>
> subject to independent adjudication or arbitration for
>
> dispute resolution, as appropriate.
>
> SEC. 2. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
>
> Nothing in this resolution shall be construed as congressional
>
> approval of any proposal by ICANN to transition the stewardship of the
>
> functions of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority to the global
>
> multistakeholder community.
>
>
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