[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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