[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4600 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4600

To require the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs 
    to provide a briefing on the status of establishing a course of 
    education on authentication of digital content provenance and a 
   briefing on a pilot program on authentication of digital content 
                  provenance, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2024

  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 Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs 
    to provide a briefing on the status of establishing a course of 
    education on authentication of digital content provenance and a 
   briefing on a pilot program on authentication of digital content 
                  provenance, 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. BRIEFING ON COURSE OF EDUCATION AND PILOT PROGRAM ON 
              AUTHENTICATION OF DIGITAL CONTENT PROVENANCE FOR CERTAIN 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDIA CONTENT.

    Section 1524 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph (3):
            ``(3) Interim briefing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the 
                date of the enactment of the National Defense 
                Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2025, the Assistant to 
                the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs 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 the status of 
                establishing the course of education under paragraph 
                (1).
                    ``(B) Elements.--The briefing under subparagraph 
                (A) shall cover the following:
                            ``(i) The status of the Department with 
                        regards to developing the curriculum for the 
                        course of education.
                            ``(ii) Any initial resource constraints or 
                        other challenges that may be affecting the 
                        development of the course of education.
                            ``(iii) Such other matters as the Secretary 
                        considers appropriate.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph 
                (6); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following 
                new paragraph (5):
            ``(5) Interim briefing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the 
                date of the enactment of the National Defense 
                Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, the Assistant 
                to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs 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 the status of the 
                pilot program required by paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Elements.--The briefing under subparagraph 
                (A) shall cover the following:
                            ``(i) The actions taken by the Director of 
                        the Defense Media Activity to identify an 
                        industry open technical standard to pilot to 
                        verify the media content of the Department.
                            ``(ii) Any resource constraints or other 
                        challenges, either budgetary, personnel, or 
                        policy, that would hamper successful 
                        implementation of the pilot program.
                            ``(iii) Any business processes or strategic 
                        planning the Department has established to 
                        fulfill implementation of the pilot program.
                            ``(iv) Any other matters as the Director 
                        considers appropriate.''.
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