,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dfjj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bj1     
#bjbd,mr4 ,peters introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,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       
provenance1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,briefing on course of education and   
pilot program on authentication of      
digital content provenance for certain  
,department of ,defense media content   
,section #aebd of the ,national ,defense
 ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year  
#bjbd 7,public ,law #aah-ca7 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 
by redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as      
paragraph 7#d72 and  7,b7 by inserting  

after paragraph 7#b7 the following new  
paragraph 7#c73  7#c7 ,interim briefing 
7,a7 ,in general ,not later than #fj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act of ,fiscal ,year #bjbe1 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 7#a74  7,b7   
,elements ,the briefing under           
subparagraph 7,a7 shall cover the       
following3 7i7 ,the status of the       
,department with regards to developing  
the curriculum for the course of        
education4  7ii7 ,any initial resource  
constraints or other challenges that may
 be affecting the development of the    
course of education4  7iii7 ,such other 
matters as the ,secretary considers     
appropriate4  2 and  7#b7 in subsection 

7b7-- 7,a7 by redesignating paragraph   
7#e7 as paragraph 7#f72 and  7,b7 by    
inserting after paragraph 7#d7 the      
following new paragraph 7#e73  7#e7     
,interim briefing  7,a7 ,in general ,not
 later than #fj days after the date of  
the enactment of the ,national ,defense 
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjbe1 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 7#a74  7,b7       
,elements ,the briefing under           
subparagraph 7,a7 shall cover the       
following3 7i7 ,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 ,department4   
7ii7 ,any resource constraints or other 
challenges1 either budgetary1 personnel1

 or policy1 that would hamper successful
 implementation of the pilot program4   
7iii7 ,any business processes or        
strategic planning the ,department has  
established to fulfill implementation of
 the pilot program4  7iv7 ,any other    
matters as the ,director considers      
appropriate4  4