[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2222 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2222

 To require the Director of the Defense Media Activity to establish a 
 course of education on digital content provenance and to carry out a 
pilot program on implementing digital content provenance standards, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2023

  Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Director of the Defense Media Activity to establish a 
 course of education on digital content provenance and to carry out a 
pilot program on implementing digital content provenance standards, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Defense Content Provenance 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIGITAL CONTENT PROVENANCE.

    (a) Briefing.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Media 
        Activity (DMA) shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services 
        of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
        of Representatives a briefing on developing a course of 
        education at the Defense Information School (DINFOS) to teach 
        the practical concepts and skills needed by Department of 
        Defense public affairs, audiovisual, visual information, and 
        records management specialists.
            (2) Elements.--The briefing provided pursuant to paragraph 
        (1) shall cover the following:
                    (A) The expertise and qualifications of the 
                Department personnel who will be responsible for 
                teaching the proposed course of education.
                    (B) The list of sources that will be consulted and 
                used to develop the proposed curriculum for the course 
                of education.
                    (C) A description of the industry open technical 
                standards under subsection (b)(1)(C).
                    (D) The status of the implementation of the course 
                of education.
    (b) Course of Education Required.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Media 
        Activity shall establish a course of education at the Defense 
        Information School to teach the practical concepts and skills 
        needed by public affairs, audiovisual, visual information, and 
        records management specialists to understand the following:
                    (A) Digital content provenance for applicable 
                Department media content.
                    (B) The challenges posed to Department missions and 
                operations by a digital content forgery.
                    (C) How existing industry open technical standards 
                may be used to authenticate the digital content 
                provenance of applicable Department media content.
            (2) Matters covered.--The course of education established 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) shall cover the following:
                    (A) The challenges to Department missions and 
                operations posed by a digital content forgery.
                    (B) The development of industry open technical 
                standards for verifying the digital content provenance 
                of applicable Department media content.
                    (C) Hands-on training techniques for capturing 
                secure and authenticated digital content for 
                documenting and communicating Department themes and 
                messages.
                    (D) Training for completing post-production tasks 
                by using industry open technical standards for digital 
                content provenance and transmitting applicable 
                Department media content in both operational and 
                nonoperational environments.
                    (E) Such other matters as the Director considers 
                appropriate.
            (3) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
        establishment of the course required in paragraph (1), the 
        Director shall provide the Committee on Armed Services of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
        Representatives a report on the following:
                    (A) The status of the development of a curriculum 
                to carry out the course of education required by 
                paragraph (1).
                    (B) The implementation plan of the Director for 
                such course of education, including the following:
                            (i) The expertise and qualifications of the 
                        Department personnel responsible for teaching 
                        the course of education.
                            (ii) The list of sources consulted and used 
                        to develop the curriculum for the course of 
                        education.
                            (iii) A description of the industry open 
                        technical standards under subsection (b)(1)(C).
                            (iv) The status of the implementation of 
                        the course of education.
                    (C) The resources available to the Director to 
                carry out this subsection and whether the Director 
                requires any additional resources to carry out this 
                subsection.
    (c) Pilot Program on Implementing Digital Content Provenance 
Standards.--
            (1) Pilot program required.--Not later than one year after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
        commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility and 
        advisability of implementing industry open technical standards 
        for digital content provenance for official Department 
        photographic and video visual documentation that is publicly 
        released by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service 
        (DVIDS) and other distribution platforms, systems, and services 
        used by the Department.
            (2) Elements.--In carrying out the pilot program required 
        by paragraph (1), the Director shall--
                    (A) establish a process for using industry open 
                technical standards for verifying the digital content 
                provenance of applicable Department media content;
                    (B) apply technology solutions on photographs and 
                videos of the Department publicly released after the 
                date of the enactment of this section, that comport 
                with industry open technical standard for digital 
                content provenance;
                    (C) assess the feasibility and advisability of 
                applying an industry open technical standard for 
                digital content provenance on historical visual 
                information records of the Department stored at the 
                Defense Visual Information Records Center; and
                    (D) develop and apply measure of effectiveness for 
                the execution of the pilot program.
            (3) Consultation.--In carrying out the pilot program 
        required by paragraph (1), the Director may consult with 
        federally funded research and development centers, private 
        industry, academia, and such others as the Director considers 
        appropriate.
            (4) Termination.--The pilot program carried out pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall terminate on January 1, 2027.
            (5) Report.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2026, 
                the Director shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
                Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
                Services of the House of Representatives a report on 
                the pilot program.
                    (B) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to 
                subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
                            (i) The findings of the Director with 
                        respect to the pilot program.
                            (ii) The names of all entities the Director 
                        consulted with in carrying out the pilot 
                        program as authorized under paragraph (3).
                            (iii) Assessment of the effectiveness of 
                        the pilot.
                            (iv) A recommendation as to whether the 
                        pilot program should be made permanent.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``applicable Department media content'' means 
        the media holdings generated, stored, or controlled by the 
        Defense Media Activity.
            (2) The term ``digital content forgery'' means the use of 
        emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and 
        machine learning techniques to fabricate or manipulate audio, 
        visual, or text content with the intent to mislead.
            (3) The term ``digital content provenance'' means the 
        verifiable chronology of the origin and history of a piece of 
        digital content, such as an image, video, audio recording, or 
        electronic document.
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