[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3368]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1833. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title IX, add the following:

     SEC. 952. LIMITATION ON CONSOLIDATION OR TRANSITION TO 
                   ALTERNATIVE CONTENT DELIVERY METHODS WITHIN THE 
                   DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY.

       (a) In General.--No consolidation or transition to 
     alternative content delivery methods may occur within the 
     Defense Media Activity until 180 days after the Secretary of 
     Defense submits to the congressional defense committees the 
     report that includes a certification, in detail, that such 
     consolidation or transition to alternative content delivery 
     methods within shall not--
       (1) compromise safety and security of members of the Armed 
     Forces and their families;
       (2) compromise the cybersecurity or security of content 
     delivery to members of the Armed Forces, whether through--
       (A) inherent vulnerabilities in the content delivery method 
     concerned;
       (B) vulnerabilities in the personal devices used by 
     members; or
       (C) vulnerabilities in the receivers or streaming devices 
     necessary to accommodate the alternative content delivery 
     method;
       (3) increase monetary costs or personal financial 
     liabilities to members of the Armed Forces or their families, 
     whether through monthly subscription fees or other tolls 
     required to access digital content; and
       (4) impede access to content due to bandwidth or other 
     technical limitations where members of the Armed Forces 
     receive content.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Alternative content delivery.--The term ``alternative 
     content delivery'' means any method of the Defense Media 
     Activity for the delivery of digital content that is 
     different from a method used by the Activity at a cost as of 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) Consolidation.--The term ``consolidation'', in the case 
     of the Defense Media Activity, means any action to reduce or 
     limit the functions, personnel, facilities, or capabilities 
     of the Activity, including entering into contracts or 
     developing plans for such reduction or limitation.
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