[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3025]
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  SA 855. Mr. VANCE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 H of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 584. DIGITAL AMBASSADOR PROGRAM OF THE NAVY: CESSATION; 
                   REPORT; RESTART.

       (a) Cessation.--The Secretary of the Navy shall cease all 
     activities of the digital ambassador program of the Office of 
     Information of the Department of the Navy. The Secretary 
     shall notify each individual designated as a digital 
     ambassador of such cessation and that the individual is not 
     authorized to act as a digital ambassador of the Navy.
       (b) Restart.--The Secretary may not restart such program 
     until 60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits 
     to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 
     of Representatives a report containing the following:
       (1) All policies and documents of the program.
       (2) The number of digital ambassadors designated.
       (3) The process and criteria for such designation.
       (4) The duties of a digital ambassador.
       (5) The online platforms (including social media) on which 
     an individual is authorized under such program to perform 
     duties of a digital ambassador.
       (6) The determination of the Secretary that such program 
     complies with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance.
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