[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3099 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3099

     To prohibit the use of funds by the Department of Defense for 
propaganda purposes within the United States not otherwise specifically 
                           authorized by law.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2008

 Mr. Kerry (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Dorgan, and Mr. Lautenberg) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To prohibit the use of funds by the Department of Defense for 
propaganda purposes within the United States not otherwise specifically 
                           authorized by law.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO PROPAGANDA.

    (a) Prohibition.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by any Act may be used by the Department of Defense for propaganda 
purposes within the United States not otherwise specifically authorized 
by law.
    (b) Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Defense and the Comptroller General of the United States shall each 
conduct a study of, and submit to Congress a report on, the extent to 
which the Department of Defense has violated the prohibition on 
propaganda established in section 8001 of Public Laws 107-117, 107-248, 
108-87, 108-287, 109-148, 109-289, and 110-116, the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2002 through 2008.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``propaganda'' means any form of communication in support of national 
objectives designed to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, or 
behavior of the people of the United States in order to benefit the 
sponsor, either directly or indirectly.
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