[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4158. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 appropriate place in title XVI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON COMBATING DIGITAL AUTHORITARIANISM.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     report presenting and evaluating options through which the 
     Department of Defense can combat digital authoritarianism, 
     including through research and development.
       (b) Consultation.--In preparing the report required by 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the 
     following:
       (1) The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human 
     Rights, and Labor.
       (2) The Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency 
     for Global Media.
       (3) The Under Secretary of Industry and Security.
       (4) The Deputy United States Trade Representative 
     responsible for digital trade.
       (5) The Deputy Under Secretary of Labor for International 
     Labor Affairs.
       (c) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (d) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish the 
     unclassified portion of the report submitted under subsection 
     (a) on a publicly available website of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     includes--
       (1) the congressional defense committees;
       (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on 
     Finance, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate; and
       (3) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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