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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1348
To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on cyberexploitation
of members of the Armed Forces and their families, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 7, 2019
Mr. SASSE (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. ROUNDS, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) in-
troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study
on cyberexploitation of members of the Armed Forces
and their families, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. STUDY ON CYBEREXPLOITATION OF MEMBERS
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OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMI-
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LIES.
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(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 150 days
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after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
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of Defense shall complete a study on the cyberexploitation
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of the personal information and accounts of members of
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the Armed Forces and their families.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required by subsection
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(a) shall include the following:
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(1) An assessment of the vulnerability of mem-
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bers of the Armed Forces and their families to inap-
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propriate access to their personal information and
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accounts of such members and their families, includ-
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ing identification of particularly vulnerable sub-
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populations.
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(2) Creation of a catalogue of past and current
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efforts by foreign governments and non-state actors
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at the cyberexploitation of the personal information
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and accounts of members of the Armed Forces and
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their families, including an assessment of the pur-
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poses of such efforts and their degrees of success.
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(3) An assessment of the actions taken by the
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Department of Defense to educate members of the
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Armed Forces and their families, including particu-
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larly vulnerable subpopulations, about any actions
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that can be taken to otherwise reduce these threats.
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(4) Assessment of the potential for the
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cyberexploitation of misappropriated images and vid-
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eos as well as deep fakes.
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(5) Development of recommendations for policy
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changes to reduce the vulnerability of members of
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the
Armed
Forces
and
their
families
to
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cyberexploitation, including recommendations for
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legislative or administrative action.
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(c) REPORT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit
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to the congressional defense committees a report on
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the findings of the Secretary with respect to the
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study required by subsection (a).
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(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph
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(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may
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include a classified annex.
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
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tees’’ has the meaning given such term in section
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101 of title 10, United States Code.
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(2) The term ‘‘cyberexploitation’’ means the use
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of digital means to knowingly access, or conspire to
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access, without authorization, an individual’s per-
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sonal information to be employed (or to be used for)
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with malicious intent.
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(3) The term ‘‘deep fake’’ means the digital in-
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sertion of a person’s likeness into or digital alter-
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ation of a person’s likeness in visual media, such as
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photographs and videos, without the person’s per-
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mission and with malicious intent.
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