A bill to require the Secretary of Defense assess and, as appropriate, implement open technical standards for digital content provenance, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · December 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
S. 3563 requires the Secretary of Defense to develop a comprehensive roadmap by June 1, 2026, for adopting open technical standards that can verify the authenticity and origin of digital content released by the Department of Defense. The roadmap must assess current and proposed standards, identify strategic goals for securing public-facing military media, map out roles and responsibilities across military departments, outline potential technologies and acquisition approaches, and establish performance metrics and resource needs. The bill affects the Pentagon and its military components, which would need to integrate these digital authentication capabilities into their publicly released videos, images, and other media. By July 1, 2026, the Secretary must brief Congress on the roadmap's findings, including feasibility assessments, stakeholder input, and any planned pilot projects. This legislation aims to help the Department counter misinformation by making it easier to verify that official military digital content is authentic and unaltered.
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