A bill to require the Secretary of Defense assess and, as appropriate, implement open technical standards for digital content provenance, and for other purposes.

This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to develop a roadmap by June 1, 2026, for how the Department of Defense could adopt tools that show the origin and edit history of digital content it releases to the public. The roadmap would review open technical standards, set goals for authenticating public-facing media, assign roles across military departments, outline ways to buy supporting technology, and set milestones and resource needs by fiscal year. It would also set up a way to coordinate with industry, academia, and federally funded research centers. The Secretary would brief the congressional defense committees on the roadmap by July 1, 2026.

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Sponsors

• Gary C. Peters Democrat sponsor
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