Agree with Philip's analysis of the situation.

IMHO developments to track in Washington D.C. over the coming months
include:

- Efforts by ICANN and others to brief congressional staffers,
congressional members, and key think tanks in the DC area in regards to
the IANA transition.

- Extent (or not) of bipartisan support for the IANA transition as
proposed by the communities

- Report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on ICANN/IANA.
Report once released will likely form the basis of one or more
congressional hearings.

- Efforts my congressional members to introduce bills and/or amendments
related to IANA/ICANN issues in the appropriations process. NTIA
funding, for instance could be made conditional to changes to IANA
and/or ICANN

regards

Robert



On 2014-11-20 11:56 AM, Phil Corwin wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> *Camino.MANJON@ec.europa.eu
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:49 AM
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> *Subject:* [CWG-Stewardship] FW: [ianatransition] A new proposed US bill?
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> Dear all,
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> This has been shared today via the IANA transition list.
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> Apologies for cross-posting.
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> Best regards
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> Camino
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>     *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
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>     *Cc:* "Rhill@Alum. Mit. Edu <mailto:Rhill@Alum.%20Mit.%20Edu>"
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>     *Subject:* *[ianatransition] A new proposed US bill?*
>     *Reply-To:* <rhill@hill-a.ch <mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch>>
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>      Does anybody know anything about the attached?
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>     Best,
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>     Richard
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