<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Apr 12, 2013, at 8:56 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/markup/markup-bill-affirm-policy-united-states-regarding-internet-governance">http://energycommerce.house.gov/markup/markup-bill-affirm-policy-united-states-regarding-internet-governance</a></div><div>...</div><div>"It is the policy of the United States to promote a global Internet free from government control and to preserve and advance the successful multistakeholder model that governs the Internet."</div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>This bill was just approved by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; it it is now </div><div>H.R. 1580, a bill to affirm the policy of the United States regarding Internet governance.</div><div> <<a href="http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20130417/100723/BILLS-113pih-InternetFreedom.pdf">http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20130417/100723/BILLS-113pih-InternetFreedom.pdf</a>><div><div><br></div><div><div>The policy text has been changed to only the following:</div><div><br></div><div> "It is the policy of the United States to preserve and advance the successful multistakeholder</div><div> model that governs the Internet."</div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Given that it has bipartisan support, it is likely to move fairly quickly to adoption. The actual net</div><div>effect of such a statement becoming official USG policy is subject to interpretation, but it would </div><div>definitely make it difficult for the USG to back away from the "multistakeholder model" at any</div><div>point in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>FYI,</div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>Disclaimers: My views alone. No congress critters were harmed in the production of this email.</div><div><br></div></body></html>