[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2222 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2222
To require the Director of the Defense Media Activity to establish a
course of education on digital content provenance and to carry out a
pilot program on implementing digital content provenance standards, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 10, 2023
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 Director of the Defense Media Activity to establish a
course of education on digital content provenance and to carry out a
pilot program on implementing digital content provenance standards, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Defense Content Provenance
Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIGITAL CONTENT PROVENANCE.
(a) Briefing.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Media
Activity (DMA) 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 developing a course of
education at the Defense Information School (DINFOS) to teach
the practical concepts and skills needed by Department of
Defense public affairs, audiovisual, visual information, and
records management specialists.
(2) Elements.--The briefing provided pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall cover the following:
(A) The expertise and qualifications of the
Department personnel who will be responsible for
teaching the proposed course of education.
(B) The list of sources that will be consulted and
used to develop the proposed curriculum for the course
of education.
(C) A description of the industry open technical
standards under subsection (b)(1)(C).
(D) The status of the implementation of the course
of education.
(b) Course of Education Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Media
Activity shall establish a course of education at the Defense
Information School to teach the practical concepts and skills
needed by public affairs, audiovisual, visual information, and
records management specialists to understand the following:
(A) Digital content provenance for applicable
Department media content.
(B) The challenges posed to Department missions and
operations by a digital content forgery.
(C) How existing industry open technical standards
may be used to authenticate the digital content
provenance of applicable Department media content.
(2) Matters covered.--The course of education established
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall cover the following:
(A) The challenges to Department missions and
operations posed by a digital content forgery.
(B) The development of industry open technical
standards for verifying the digital content provenance
of applicable Department media content.
(C) Hands-on training techniques for capturing
secure and authenticated digital content for
documenting and communicating Department themes and
messages.
(D) Training for completing post-production tasks
by using industry open technical standards for digital
content provenance and transmitting applicable
Department media content in both operational and
nonoperational environments.
(E) Such other matters as the Director considers
appropriate.
(3) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
establishment of the course required in paragraph (1), the
Director shall provide the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives a report on the following:
(A) The status of the development of a curriculum
to carry out the course of education required by
paragraph (1).
(B) The implementation plan of the Director for
such course of education, including the following:
(i) The expertise and qualifications of the
Department personnel responsible for teaching
the course of education.
(ii) The list of sources consulted and used
to develop the curriculum for the course of
education.
(iii) A description of the industry open
technical standards under subsection (b)(1)(C).
(iv) The status of the implementation of
the course of education.
(C) The resources available to the Director to
carry out this subsection and whether the Director
requires any additional resources to carry out this
subsection.
(c) Pilot Program on Implementing Digital Content Provenance
Standards.--
(1) Pilot program required.--Not later than one year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall
commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility and
advisability of implementing industry open technical standards
for digital content provenance for official Department
photographic and video visual documentation that is publicly
released by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
(DVIDS) and other distribution platforms, systems, and services
used by the Department.
(2) Elements.--In carrying out the pilot program required
by paragraph (1), the Director shall--
(A) establish a process for using industry open
technical standards for verifying the digital content
provenance of applicable Department media content;
(B) apply technology solutions on photographs and
videos of the Department publicly released after the
date of the enactment of this section, that comport
with industry open technical standard for digital
content provenance;
(C) assess the feasibility and advisability of
applying an industry open technical standard for
digital content provenance on historical visual
information records of the Department stored at the
Defense Visual Information Records Center; and
(D) develop and apply measure of effectiveness for
the execution of the pilot program.
(3) Consultation.--In carrying out the pilot program
required by paragraph (1), the Director may consult with
federally funded research and development centers, private
industry, academia, and such others as the Director considers
appropriate.
(4) Termination.--The pilot program carried out pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall terminate on January 1, 2027.
(5) Report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2026,
the Director shall submit to the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives a report on
the pilot program.
(B) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to
subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
(i) The findings of the Director with
respect to the pilot program.
(ii) The names of all entities the Director
consulted with in carrying out the pilot
program as authorized under paragraph (3).
(iii) Assessment of the effectiveness of
the pilot.
(iv) A recommendation as to whether the
pilot program should be made permanent.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``applicable Department media content'' means
the media holdings generated, stored, or controlled by the
Defense Media Activity.
(2) The term ``digital content forgery'' means the use of
emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and
machine learning techniques to fabricate or manipulate audio,
visual, or text content with the intent to mislead.
(3) The term ``digital content provenance'' means the
verifiable chronology of the origin and history of a piece of
digital content, such as an image, video, audio recording, or
electronic document.
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