[kictanet] Fwd: [Internet Policy] New budget restriction on IANA transfer

[Barrack Otieno]

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From: Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch>
Date: Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 1:20 PM
Subject: [Internet Policy] New budget restriction on IANA transfer
To: internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org



Here is a blogpost by Theresa Swinehart of ICANN on their expectations
on the timelines.

 https://www.icann.org/news/blog/iana-stewardship-transition-year-end

It includes the following "... the U.S. Congress just passed a
2,009-page Omnibus spending bill that limits NTIA's ability to use
funds to relinquish the IANA functions contract before 30 September
2016 (the final day of the current contract term), and we need to
remain aware of this, but not let it derail or drive our process."

I suppose that the provision  in question is the same as the one for
2015, but with the year updated to 2016. Apparently the following was
included in the bill:

"1.  SEC. 539.
(a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to
relinquish the responsibility of the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, during fiscal year 2016, with respect to
Internet domain name system functions, including responsibility with
respect to the authoritative root zone file and the Internet Assigned
Numbers Authority functions."

Here is a commentary on the topic:

  http://www.circleid.com/posts/20151216_fy16_approp_act_extends_iana_transition_freeze_without_dotcom_act/

Best,
Richard

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