An amendment numbered 56 printed in House Report 110-666 to provide that no funds authorized in the bill may be used for propaganda purposes, and direct the DOD Inspector General and GAO to report on whether or not the defense analysts program violated the propaganda provisions of Department of Defense appropriations bills for Fiscal Years 2002 through 2008.

1. Adds SEC. 1071. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO PROPAGANDA at the end of title X

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   Inserted: SEC. 1071. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO PROPAGANDA.

   Inserted: (a) Prohibition.--No part of any funds authorized to be appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used by the Department of Defense for propaganda purposes within the United States not otherwise specifically authorized by law.

   Inserted: (b) Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Comptroller General of the United States shall each conduct a study of, and submit to the Congress a report on, the extent to which the Department of Defense has violated the prohibition on propaganda established in section 8001 of Public Laws 107-117, 107-248, 108-87, 108-287, 109-148, 109-289, and 110-116, the Department of Defense Appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2002 through 2008.

   Inserted: (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term "propaganda" means any form of communication in support of national objectives designed to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, or behavior of the people of the United States in order to benefit the sponsor, either directly or indirectly.

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   At the end of title X, add the following new section:

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