[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8113]
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  SA 4602. Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Menendez) 
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 end of subtitle E of title VIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 857. LIMITATION ON CONTRACT AUTHORITY TO IMPROVE 
                   REPRESENTATION IN CERTAIN MEDIA PROJECTS 
                   INVOLVING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Limitation on Contract Authority.--Neither the 
     Secretary of Defense, nor the Secretary of the Army, nor the 
     Secretary of the Navy, nor the Secretary of the Air Force, 
     may enter into a covered contract for any film or publishing 
     project for entertainment-oriented media unless the covered 
     contract includes a provision that requires consideration of 
     diversity in carrying out the project, including 
     consideration of the following:
       (1) The composition of the community represented in the 
     project and whether such community is inclusive of 
     historically marginalized communities.
       (2) The depiction of the community represented in the 
     project and whether or not the project advances any 
     inaccurate or harmful stereotypes as a result of such 
     depiction.
       (b) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
     five years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate a report containing, with respect to the year 
     covered by the report, the following information:
       (1) The total number of projects for which the Secretary 
     provided assistance pursuant to a covered contract.
       (2) A summary of the projects specified in paragraph (1).
       (3) A summary of the communities represented in such 
     projects.
       (4) A summary of the involvement of the Department of 
     Defense with respect to such projects.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``covered contract'' means a contract or 
     production assistance agreement entered into with a 
     nongovernmental entertainment-oriented media producer or 
     publisher.
       (2) The term ``entertainment-oriented media'' includes 
     books and other forms of print media that are entertainment-
     oriented.
       (3) The term ``marginalized community'' means a community 
     of individuals that is, or historically was, under-
     represented in the industry of film, television, or 
     publishing, including--
       (A) women;
       (B) racial and ethnic minorities;
       (C) individuals with disabilities; and
       (D) members of the LGBTQ communities.
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