,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbbb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aj1     
#bjbc ,mr4 ,peters introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,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 
standards1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,digital ,defense ,content          
,provenance ,act of #bjbc4  #b4         
,department of ,defense digital content 
provenance  7a7 ,briefing  7#a7 ,in     
general ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,director of the ,defense ,media    
,activity 7,,dma7 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 7,,dinfos7
 to teach the practical concepts and    
skills needed by ,department of ,defense
 public affairs1 audiovisual1 visual    
information1 and records management     
specialists4  7#b7 ,elements ,the       
briefing provided pursuant to paragraph 
7#a7 shall cover the following3 7,a7    
,the expertise and qualifications of the
 ,department personnel who will be      
responsible for teaching the proposed   
course of education4  7,b7 ,the list of 
sources that will be consulted and used 
to develop the proposed curriculum for  
the course of education4  7,c7 ,a       
description of the industry open        
technical standards under subsection    
7b77#a77;,c74  7,d7 ,the status of the  
implementation of the course of         
education4  7b7 ,course of education    
required  7#a7 ,in general ,not later   
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 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 affairs1 audiovisual1 visual 
information1 and records management     
specialists to understand the following3
  7,a7 ,digital content provenance for  
applicable ,department media content4   
7,b7 ,the challenges posed to           
,department missions and operations by a
 digital content forgery4  7,c7 ,how    
existing industry open technical        
standards may be used to authenticate   
the digital content provenance of       
applicable ,department media content4   
7#b7 ,matters covered ,the course of    
education established pursuant to       
paragraph 7#a7 shall cover the          
following3  7,a7 ,the challenges to     
,department missions and operations     
posed by a digital content forgery4     
7,b7 ,the development of industry open  
technical standards for verifying the   
digital content provenance of applicable

 ,department media content4  7,c7       
,hands-on training techniques for       
capturing secure and authenticated      
digital content for documenting and     
communicating ,department themes and    
messages4  7,d7 ,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     
environments4  7,e7 ,such other matters 
as the ,director considers appropriate4 
7#c7 ,report ,not later than one year   
after the date of the establishment of  
the course required in paragraph 7#a71  
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        
following3  7,a7 ,the status of the     
development of a curriculum to carry out
 the course of education required by    
paragraph 7#a74  7,b7 ,the              

implementation plan of the ,director for
 such course of education1 including the
 following3  7i7 ,the expertise and     
qualifications of the ,department       
personnel responsible for teaching the  
course of education4  7ii7 ,the list of 
sources consulted and used to develop   
the curriculum for the course of        
education4  7iii7 ,a description of the 
industry open technical standards under 
subsection 7b77#a77;,c74  7iv7 ,the     
status of the implementation of the     
course of education4  7,c7 ,the         
resources available to the ,director to 
carry out this subsection and whether   
the ,director requires any additional   
resources to carry out this subsection4 
7c7 ,pilot program on implementing      
digital content provenance standards    
7#a7 ,pilot program required ,not later 
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 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 7,,dvids7 and other            
distribution platforms1 systems1 and    
services used by the ,department4  7#b7 
,elements ,in carrying out the pilot    
program required by paragraph 7#a71 the 
,director shall-- 7,a7 establish a      
process for using industry open         
technical standards for verifying the   
digital content provenance of applicable
 ,department media content2  7,b7 apply 
technology solutions on photographs and 
videos of the ,department publicly      
released after the date of the enactment
 of this section1 that comport with     
industry open technical standard for    
digital content provenance2  7,c7 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  
,center2 and  7,d7 develop and apply    
measure of effectiveness for the        
execution of the pilot program4  7#c7   
,consultation ,in carrying out the pilot
 program required by paragraph 7#a71 the
 ,director may consult with federally   
funded research and development centers1
 private industry1 academia1 and such   
others as the ,director considers       
appropriate4  7#d7 ,termination ,the    
pilot program carried out pursuant to   
paragraph 7#a7 shall terminate on       
,january #a1 #bjbg4  7#e7 ,report  7,a7 
,in general ,not later than ,january #a1
 #bjbf1 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  
program4  7,b7 ,contents ,the report    
submitted pursuant to subparagraph 7,a7 
shall include the following3 7i7 ,the   
findings of the ,director with respect  

to the pilot program4  7ii7 ,the names  
of all entities the ,director consulted 
with in carrying out the pilot program  
as authorized under paragraph 7#c74     
7iii7 ,assessment of the effectiveness  
of the pilot4  7iv7 ,a recommendation as
 to whether the pilot program should be 
made permanent4  7d7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3  7#a7 ,the term applicable
 ,department media content means the    
media holdings generated1 stored1 or    
controlled by the ,defense ,media       
,activity4  7#b7 ,the term digital      
content forgery means the use of        
emerging technologies1 including        
artificial intelligence and machine     
learning techniques to fabricate or     
manipulate audio1 visual1 or text       
content with the intent to mislead4     
7#c7 ,the term digital content          
provenance means the verifiable         
chronology of the origin and history of 
a piece of digital content1 such as an  
image1 video1 audio recording1 or       
electronic document4