Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the internet.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 717 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the internet. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 20, 2019 Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mr. COLLINS of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce RESOLUTION Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the internet. Whereas October 29, 2019, was the 50th anniversary of the first message sent from one computer to another using the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (re- ferred to in this preamble as the ‘‘ARPANET’’), a pio- neering predecessor to the internet; Whereas, on October 29, 1969, researchers using the SDS Sigma 7 Host computer in room 3240 of Boelter Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘UCLA’’), sent the first ever digital data transmission to researchers using the SDS 940 Host computer at the Stanford Research Institute on the ARPANET; Whereas the internet evolved in the last 50 years from an academic and governmental endeavor to the greatest VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 21, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR717.IH HR717 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HRES 717 IH communications network in the history of humanity, im- proving commerce, communications, entertainment, transportation, and so many parts of our economy and society; Whereas the internet contributes more than $1 trillion of Gross Domestic Product and 3 million jobs to the United States economy annually; and Whereas the internet developed by efforts from every sector, including— (1) Congress for funding the ARPANET and other networks and commercializing the internet; (2) Federal agencies, including— (A) the Department of Defense through the Ad- vanced Research Projects Agency (now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) for funding and administering the ARPANET and other net- works and developing network protocols; (B) the National Science Foundation for fund- ing and administering the Computer Science Net- work (CSNET), the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), and other networks; (C) the Department of Commerce through the National Telecommunications and Information Ad- ministration for its leadership role in managing multistakeholder technical bodies; and (D) the Federal Communications Commission in encouraging adoption and improving access to the internet; (3) State, local, and Tribal governments for encour- aging connectivity and deploying infrastructure; VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 21, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR717.IH HR717 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HRES 717 IH (4) universities and research institutions for playing a critical role in development of the technologies under- pinning the internet, including— (A) for hosting the first four nodes of the ARPANET— (i) UCLA; (ii) the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International); (iii) the University of California, Santa Barbara; and (iv) the University of Utah; (B) the RAND Corporation; and (C) countless other universities, think tanks, and independent researchers; (5) private companies and nonprofit organizations, including those that— (A) enable fixed and mobile internet connectivi- ty by deploying infrastructure, including— (i) coaxial, copper, and fiberoptic cables for backbone, submarine, middle-mile, backhaul, and to-the-home services; (ii) radio and broadcast towers and small cell sites; (iii) satellite earth stations; (iv) routers, modems, switches, and con- nectivity equipment; and (v) internet exchanges; (B) produce and sell computers, smartphones, and other devices that connect to the internet; (C) develop software to administer and access email, the world wide web, and other internet appli- cations; VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 21, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR717.IH HR717 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HRES 717 IH (D) provide websites, applications, and other software for communications, commerce, education, entertainment, employment, and so many other parts of our lives; (E) provide cybersecurity services to protect networks, devices, applications, and software; and (F) enable internet companies through busi- ness-to-business services; and (6) multistakeholder bodies for internet governance, including— (A) the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers; (B) the Internet Engineering Task Force; (C) the North American Network Operators’ Group; and (D) the American Registry for Internet Num- bers: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) recognizes the 50th anniversary of the first 2 internet message; and 3 (2) recognizes the important efforts of govern- 4 ment, universities, nonprofit organizations, private 5 companies, and multistakeholder bodies that helped 6 in the establishment and continue to aid in the 7 growth of the internet. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 21, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR717.IH HR717 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS