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 provenance, and for other purposes.

This bill (S 4600) amends the National Defense Authorization Act to require two specific briefings from the Department of Defense (DoD) to Congress. It mandates that within 60 days after the FY2025 NDAA is enacted, the DoD's Assistant to the Secretary for Public Affairs must provide: 1) A briefing on progress developing a course teaching military personnel to verify digital content origins (e.g., photos/videos), including challenges like resource constraints; 2) A briefing on a pilot program testing technical standards to authenticate DoD media content, covering implementation hurdles and planning. These briefings target the DoD’s internal processes for addressing digital content authenticity, directly affecting the Defense Media Activity and congressional oversight committees. The bill does not create new programs but requires transparency on existing planning.