In a 15 September letter, the Members of the US House Committee on the Judiciary called upon ICANN to respond to a number of questions.

The committee specifically requested to know which of the IRT recommendations will be adopted and if ICANN will conduct an empirical study to examine the impact on competition additional gTLDs will provide. Most notably the committee asked if ICANN recognizes a need for some form of permanent agreement with the US Government to replace the Joint Project Agreement which expires on 30 Sept 2009.

You can view the PDF of the Letter here