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

[Phil Corwin]

Agree with Milton here.

To be clear, I was not advocating lobbying by the CWG, merely responding to questions about the bill and the DC process.

Lobbying implies advocacy for or against a specific legislative proposal, and amendments thereto. I doubt this group wants to get into the line of any fire between the Administration and Congress that may develop. Plus lobbying of that kind requires formal registration, or else it's illegal.

But I do think the CWG should think about explaining its work product to both the US executive and legislative branches, which are coequal under the Constitution. There will be numerous oversight hearings as well as related programs at think tanks and other venues. ICANN's lobbyists advocate its views as a corporate entity. NTIA advocates the Administration's position. Do you want to have them explaining the what and why of whatever you come up with, or would you prefer to do that directly?

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From: cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org [mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 3:39 PM
To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; cwg-stewardship at icann.org
Subject: Re: [CWG-Stewardship] FW: [ianatransition] A new proposed US bill?

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> [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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