[CWG-Stewardship] FW: [ianatransition] A new proposed US bill?

[Milton L Mueller]

I think we should pay attention to this bill, but for reasons unrelated to its chance of passage _in this Congress_ (remember, Republicans will control the next Congress; the probabilities will change).

We should pay attention to it because it is, in effect, the advancement of a "straw man proposal" by a particular group (US-based 'parliamentarians', to use the European term). There are some very good ideas and some very bad ideas in this proposal - I intend to blog on this topic sometime next week. I would call your attention specifically to the Internet freedom concerns and safeguards in the bill.

We should also pay attention to it because the bill provides a very good benchmark for preparing for the kind of questions that the NTIA is likely to be asked after they get a complete proposal from the ICG and begin to implement it. The Kelly bill can be considered a list of the concerns that US-based interests are going to be using to assess the final proposal. The GAO Report is equally important in this regard. Ignore them at your peril.

--MM

From: cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org [mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 2:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [CWG-Stewardship] FW: [ianatransition] A new proposed US bill?

The response from Chip Sharp was also worth reading:
"You can use govtrack to find bills and follow them.
For this specific bill:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr5737

According to govtrack's prognosis, it has a 4% chance of getting past committee and a 1% chance of being enacted."


In other words, let's not waste time on this. Also - I'm all for NTIA to deal with congress etc. It's not at all our work to track this. It's worth knowing & if individual members feel like lobbying their congress people, but not the job of this group.

Kind regards,

Olivier
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