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kind: "diff"
citation: "S. 2065"
bill: "116-s-2065"
heading: "Deepfake Report Act of 2019"
from: "rs"
from_label: "Reported in Senate"
to: "es"
to_label: "Engrossed in Senate"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/116/s/2065/changes/es"
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# S. 2065 — what changed

S. 2065, Deepfake Report Act of 2019 — 1 section amended between Reported in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 3 Reports on digital content forgery technology

- (a) In general— Not later than <del>200 days </del><ins>1 year </ins>after the date of enactment of this <del>Act </del><ins>Act, </ins>and <del>every 18 months thereafter, </del><ins>annually thereafter for 5 years, </ins>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) a description of the types of digital content forgeries, including <del>use—</del><ins>those used to commit fraud, cause harm, or violate civil rights recognized under Federal law;</ins>
    - (A) <del>by foreign or domestic sources; and</del>
    - (B) <del>in cyber attacks, pornography, and media;</del>
  - (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) an assessment of how non-governmental entities in the United <del>States, </del><ins>States </ins>use, or could use, digital content forgeries;
  - (5) 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 <del>occur;</del><ins>occur, including the impact on individuals;</ins>
  - (6) an analysis of the methods used to determine whether content is genuinely created by a human or through digital content forgery <del>technology, including </del><ins>technology and </ins>an assessment of any effective heuristics used to make such a <del>determination;</del><ins>determination, as well as recommendations on how to identify and address suspect content and elements to provide warnings to users of the content;</ins>
  - (7) a description of the technological counter-measures that are, or could be, used to address concerns with digital content forgery <del>technology;</del><ins>technology; and</ins>
  - (8) <del>recommendations regarding whether additional legal authorities are needed to address the findings of the report; and</del>
  - (8) [was (3)(11)] any additional information the Secretary determines appropriate.
- (c) Consultation and public hearings— In producing each report required under subsection (a), the Secretary <del>shall—</del><ins>may—</ins>
  - (1) consult <del>with—</del><ins>with any other agency of the Federal Government that the Secretary considers necessary; and</ins>
    - (A) <del>the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003));</del>
    - (B) <del>the Secretary of Defense;</del>
    - (C) <del>the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;</del>
    - (D) <del>the Department of Justice, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section;</del>
    - (E) <del>the Office of Science and Technology Policy;</del>
    - (F) <del>the National Institute of Standards and Technology;</del>
    - (G) <del>the National Science Foundation;</del>
    - (H) <del>the Federal Election Commission;</del>
    - (I) <del>the Federal Trade Commission; and</del>
    - (J) <del>any other agency of the Federal government that the Secretary considers necessary; and</del>
  - (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) Form of report— Each report <del>produced </del><ins>required </ins>under subsection (a) shall be produced in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
- (e) 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 <del>Code.</del><ins>Code (commonly known as the “Freedom of Information Act”).</ins>
- (f) <ins>Applicability of the Paperwork Reduction Act—</ins> <ins>Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the “Paperwork Reduction Act”), shall not apply to this Act.</ins>