Negotiations To Lift Cruz's DOTCOM Act Hold Ongoing, Thune Says
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., is continuing to negotiate with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to lift Cruz's hold on the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, he said in an interview Wednesday. “We're not there yet,…
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but I'm hopeful that he will come around to our point of view,” Thune said. Cruz placed a hold on S-1551 because he believes the concerns he raised in a failed amendment to the bill during Senate Commerce's markup that would have required Congress to vote on approving the Internet Assigned Number Authority transition haven't been addressed (see 1507200068 and 1507210070). The House easily passed an identical version of the DOTCOM Act (HR-805) last month. Cruz “believes there are good provisions in the DOTCOM Act that will improve Internet governance,” but “also feels strongly that Congress should at least have a vote on whether to give away the Internet,” a spokesman said.