,,ic  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of      
,,representatives  ,october #bh1        
#bjai,referred to the ,committee on     
,energy and ,commerce  ,,an ,,act  ,to  
require the ,secretary of ,homeland     
,security to publish an annual report on
 the use of deepfake technology1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,deepfake     
,report ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,definitions
 ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,digital content   
forgery ,the term digital content       
forgery means the use of emerging       
technologies1 including artificial      
intelligence and machine learning       
techniques1 to fabricate or manipulate  
audio1 visual1 or text content with the 
intent to mislead4  7#b7 ,secretary ,the
 term ,secretary means the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security4  #c4 ,reports on  
digital content forgery technology  7a7 
,in general ,not later than #a year     
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 and annually thereafter for #e    

years1 the ,secretary1 acting through   
the ,under ,secretary for ,science and  
,technology1 shall produce a report on  
the state of digital content forgery    
technology4  7b7 ,contents ,each report 
produced under subsection 7a7 shall     
include-- 7#a7 an assessment of the     
underlying technologies used to create  
or propagate digital content forgeries1 
including the evolution of such         
technologies2  7#b7 a description of the
 types of digital content forgeries1    
including those used to commit fraud1   
cause harm1 or violate civil rights     
recognized under ,federal law2  7#c7 an 
assessment of how foreign governments1  
and the proxies and networks thereof1   
use1 or could use1 digital content      
forgeries to harm national security2    
7#d7 an assessment of how               
non-governmental entities in the ,united
 ,states use1 or could use1 digital     
content forgeries2  7#e7 an assessment  
of the uses1 applications1 dangers1 and 
benefits of deep learning technologies  

used to generate high fidelity          
artificial content of events that did   
not occur1 including the impact on      
individuals2  7#f7 an analysis of the   
methods used to determine whether       
content is genuinely created by a human 
or through digital content forgery      
technology and an assessment of any     
effective heuristics used to make such a
 determination1 as well as              
recommendations on how to identify and  
address suspect content and elements to 
provide warnings to users of the        
content2  7#g7 a description of the     
technological counter-measures that are1
 or could be1 used to address concerns  
with digital content forgery technology2
 and  7#h7 any additional information   
the ,secretary determines appropriate4  
7c7 ,consultation and public hearings   
,in producing each report required under
 subsection 7a71 the ,secretary may--   
7#a7 consult with any other agency of   
the ,federal ,government that the       
,secretary considers necessary2 and     

7#b7 conduct public hearings to gather1 
or otherwise allow interested parties an
 opportunity to present1 information and
 advice relevant to the production of   
the report4  7d7 ,form of report ,each  
report required under subsection 7a7    
shall be produced in unclassified form1 
but may contain a classified annex4  7e7
 ,applicability of ,,foia ,nothing in   
this ,act1 or in a report produced under
 this section1 shall be construed to    
allow the disclosure of information or a
 record that is exempt from public      
disclosure under section #eeb of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code 7commonly     
known as the ,freedom of ,information   
,act74  7f7 ,applicability of the       
,paperwork ,reduction ,act ,subchapter  
,i of chapter #ce of title #dd1 ,united 
,states ,code 7commonly known as the    
,paperwork ,reduction ,act71 shall not  
apply to this ,act4  ,passed the ,senate
 ,october #bd1 #bjai4;,julie ,e4        
,adams1,secretary