Many bills are introduced in the US Congress. Few are enacted and signed into law. The current Congress ends in just a few weeks and this bill will need to be reintroduced in 2015. Based on my soundings I expect there will be increased Congressional oversight of the IANA transition and ICANN accountability in the new Congress that starts in January. It is entirely premature to speculate whether those hearings will result in any legislative proposals. While Republicans will control the Senate for the next two years any legislation would need at least some bipartisan support to move forward. 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 From: cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org [mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Camino.MANJON@ec.europa.eu Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:49 AM To: cwg-stewardship@icann.org Subject: [CWG-Stewardship] FW: [ianatransition] A new proposed US bill? Dear all, This has been shared today via the IANA transition list. Apologies for cross-posting. Best regards Camino From: Richard Hill <rhill@hill-a.ch<mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch>> Date: November 20, 2014 at 11:21:50 EST To: "Ianatransition@Icann. Org<mailto:Ianatransition@Icann.%20Org>" <ianatransition@icann.org<mailto:ianatransition@icann.org>> Cc: "Rhill@Alum. Mit. Edu<mailto:Rhill@Alum.%20Mit.%20Edu>" <rhill@alum.mit.edu<mailto:rhill@alum.mit.edu>> Subject: [ianatransition] A new proposed US bill? Reply-To: <rhill@hill-a.ch<mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch>> Does anybody know anything about the attached? Best, Richard ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2015.0.5315 / Virus Database: 4189/8526 - Release Date: 11/07/14 Internal Virus Database is out of date.