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===Public comment period===
 
===Public comment period===
 
On December 2nd 2014, [[ICANN]] opened the public comment period on the draft transition document produced by the coordination group.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2014/12/02/icann-opens-comment-period-for-its-move-out-of-us-control-deadline-is-december-22nd/ ICANN opens comment period for its move out of US control]</ref>
 
On December 2nd 2014, [[ICANN]] opened the public comment period on the draft transition document produced by the coordination group.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2014/12/02/icann-opens-comment-period-for-its-move-out-of-us-control-deadline-is-december-22nd/ ICANN opens comment period for its move out of US control]</ref>
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===Legal roadblock===
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On the 4th December 2014, a large federal funding bill for over $1 trillion passed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives United States House of Representatives] to which Republicans had attached a rider defunding any attempt by the [[NTIA]] to transfer its functions before October 2015. The global internet community reacted with "a combination of weariness and growing cynicism about the United States and its role in Internet governance."<ref>[http://www.internetgovernance.org/2014/12/12/u-s-congress-man-in-the-middle-attack-on-iana-transition/ Congress defunds IANA transition]Retrieved 15th December 2014.</ref>
    
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