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S. 2065 — what changed

Deepfake Report Act of 2019

From Reported in Senate to Engrossed in Senate. 1 section amended between Reported in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Sec. 3 Reports on digital content forgery technology

(a)
changed In general— Not later than 200 days 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act Act, and every 18 months thereafter, annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall produce a report on the state of digital content forgery technology.
(b)
Contents— Each report produced under subsection (a) shall include—
(1)
an assessment of the underlying technologies used to create or propagate digital content forgeries, including the evolution of such technologies;
(2)
changed a description of the types of digital content forgeries, including use—those used to commit fraud, cause harm, or violate civil rights recognized under Federal law;
(A)
removed by foreign or domestic sources; and
(B)
removed in cyber attacks, pornography, and media;
(3)
an assessment of how foreign governments, and the proxies and networks thereof, use, or could use, digital content forgeries to harm national security;
(4)
changed an assessment of how non-governmental entities in the United States, States use, or could use, digital content forgeries;
(5)
changed an assessment of the uses, applications, dangers, and benefits of deep learning technologies used to generate high fidelity artificial content of events that did not occur;occur, including the impact on individuals;
(6)
changed an analysis of the methods used to determine whether content is genuinely created by a human or through digital content forgery technology, including technology and an assessment of any effective heuristics used to make such a determination;determination, as well as recommendations on how to identify and address suspect content and elements to provide warnings to users of the content;
(7)
changed a description of the technological counter-measures that are, or could be, used to address concerns with digital content forgery technology;technology; and
(8)
removed recommendations regarding whether additional legal authorities are needed to address the findings of the report; and
(8)
renumbered was (3)(11) any additional information the Secretary determines appropriate.
(c)
changed Consultation and public hearings— In producing each report required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—may—
(1)
changed consult with—with any other agency of the Federal Government that the Secretary considers necessary; and
(A)
removed the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003));
(B)
removed the Secretary of Defense;
(C)
removed the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
(D)
removed the Department of Justice, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section;
(E)
removed the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
(F)
removed the National Institute of Standards and Technology;
(G)
removed the National Science Foundation;
(H)
removed the Federal Election Commission;
(I)
removed the Federal Trade Commission; and
(J)
removed any other agency of the Federal government that the Secretary considers necessary; and
(2)
conduct public hearings to gather, or otherwise allow interested parties an opportunity to present, information and advice relevant to the production of the report.
(d)
changed Form of report— Each report produced required under subsection (a) shall be produced in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
(e)
changed Applicability of FOIA— Nothing in this Act, or in a report produced under this section, shall be construed to allow the disclosure of information or a record that is exempt from public disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code.Code (commonly known as the “Freedom of Information Act”).
(f)
added Applicability of the Paperwork Reduction Act— Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the “Paperwork Reduction Act”), shall not apply to this Act.