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[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=456113a0-c084-43d7-a1b8-979524fd74cf Testimony of Kurt Pritz, Hearing on Expansion of Top Level Domain Names, Dec. 8, 2012]</ref> <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/pritz-to-boxer-cantwell-et-al-25jan12-en.pdf Sen. Barbara Boxer to Kurt Pritz, Questions for the Record,ICANN’s Expansion of Top Level Domain Names, Dec. 8, 2011 ]</ref>

===~~ICANN's Answers~~ to ~~Senate Committee Questions===~~

==House of Representatives Hearing on new gTLD==

On December 14, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives Sub-Committee on Communications Technology-Committee on Energy and Commerce also conducted a similar hearing regarding the new gTLD program. Kurt Pritz and all the other individuals who testified in the Senate also served at witnesses at the House of Representatives who echoed the same views about the program. [[Josh Bourne|Joshua Bourne]], President of The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse ([[CADNA]]), [[Thomas Embresci]]a, CEO of [[Employ Media]] and [[Anjali Hansen]], IP attorney at the Council of Better Business Bureau joined the rest of the witnesses during the hearing.<ref>[http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/158500/Trademark/New+gTLD+Hearing+Round+2+A+Critical+House+But+to+What+End United States: New gTLD Hearing, Round 2: A Critical House, But To What End?]</ref> Mr. Bourne expressed his concern over the program and suggested some recommendations including the availability of a second round of application ease the anxiety associated with the program, provide option to block trademarks, update the language of the Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act ([[ACPA]]), reduce pricing for multiple gTLD applicants and to add conditions on the [[IANA]] contract.<ref>[http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/Media/file/Hearings/Telecom/121411/Bourne.pdf Testimony of Josh Bourne-President, Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse]</ref>

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 [http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=456113a0-c084-43d7-a1b8-979524fd74cf Testimony of Kurt Pritz, Hearing on Expansion of Top Level Domain Names, Dec. 8, 2012]</ref> <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/pritz-to-boxer-cantwell-et-al-25jan12-en.pdf Sen. Barbara Boxer to Kurt Pritz, Questions for the Record,ICANN’s Expansion of Top Level Domain Names, Dec. 8, 2011 ]</ref>
-===ICANN's Answers to Senate Committee Questions===
+==House of Representatives Hearing on new gTLD==
+On December 14, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives Sub-Committee on Communications Technology-Committee on Energy and Commerce also conducted a similar hearing regarding the new gTLD program. Kurt Pritz and all the other individuals who testified in the Senate also served at witnesses at the House of Representatives who echoed the same views about the program. [[Josh Bourne|Joshua Bourne]], President of The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse ([[CADNA]]), [[Thomas Embresci]]a, CEO of [[Employ Media]] and [[Anjali Hansen]], IP attorney at the Council of Better Business Bureau joined the rest of the witnesses during the hearing.<ref>[http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/158500/Trademark/New+gTLD+Hearing+Round+2+A+Critical+House+But+to+What+End United States: New gTLD Hearing, Round 2: A Critical House, But To What End?]</ref> Mr. Bourne expressed his concern over the program and suggested some recommendations including the availability of a second round of application ease the anxiety associated with the program, provide option to block trademarks, update the language of the Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act ([[ACPA]]), reduce pricing for multiple gTLD applicants and to add conditions on the [[IANA]] contract.<ref>[http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/Media/file/Hearings/Telecom/121411/Bourne.pdf Testimony of Josh Bourne-President, Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse]</ref>
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