The bill is now available at http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20151214/CPRT-114-HPRT-RU00-SAHR2029-AMNT1final.pdf<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__docs.house.gov_billsthisweek_20151214_CPRT-2D114-2DHPRT-2DRU00-2DSAHR2029-2DAMNT1final.pdf&d=CwMFAg&c=QCEPhmH9WJ8wFC_LYDIWIQ&r=gkaPdVJOyk5zzwz1bbgCzw&m=zhJUxWzDj_Okoo-R0C92-0QIbK_pi0IagD_vwj0Q90A&s=Yxr19W0SGwaGy2h9RLJm3yEGDFg5_vDXmwsaxrjuIK4&e=> It is expected to be passed by the House and Senate today, as US government funding expires at midnight tonight. Here is the text, at pp. 221-22; it is in Title V of Division B, General Provisions Including Rescissions): SEC. 539. (a) None of the funds made available by 21 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. (b) Nothwithstanding any other law, subsection (a) of this section shall not apply in fiscal year 2017. I'm not quite sure what the effect of Section b is, as this is only an appropriations bill for FY 16 and next year Congress could extend the freeze into FY 17. Could the reference to "any other law" contemplate enactment of the DOTCOM Act? The total bill is 2009 pages long. I have just reviewed Division O (Other Matters) but the DOTCOM Act is not in it, nor is it in the Department of Commerce provisions in Division B (NTIA section starts p. 115; all DOC provisions run from pp. 109-132). There is no other part of the legislation in which it would likely be placed. Of related interest, the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 has been included in the bill, constituting the whole of Division N. It remains to be seen whether news of the freeze extension will affect the timetable for Chartering Organization/community/general public review and delivery to the Board of the CCWG-ACCT Proposal. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2016.0.7227 / Virus Database: 4477/11098 - Release Date: 12/01/15 Internal Virus Database is out of date.