S.Amdt. 1833

SA 1833. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title IX, add the following:

SEC. 952. LIMITATION ON CONSOLIDATION OR TRANSITION TO
ALTERNATIVE CONTENT DELIVERY METHODS WITHIN THE
DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY.

(a) In General.--No consolidation or transition to
alternative content delivery methods may occur within the
Defense Media Activity until 180 days after the Secretary of
Defense submits to the congressional defense committees the
report that includes a certification, in detail, that such
consolidation or transition to alternative content delivery
methods within shall not--
(1) compromise safety and security of members of the Armed
Forces and their families;
(2) compromise the cybersecurity or security of content
delivery to members of the Armed Forces, whether through--
(A) inherent vulnerabilities in the content delivery method
concerned;
(B) vulnerabilities in the personal devices used by
members; or
(C) vulnerabilities in the receivers or streaming devices
necessary to accommodate the alternative content delivery
method;
(3) increase monetary costs or personal financial
liabilities to members of the Armed Forces or their families,
whether through monthly subscription fees or other tolls
required to access digital content; and
(4) impede access to content due to bandwidth or other
technical limitations where members of the Armed Forces
receive content.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Alternative content delivery.--The term ``alternative
content delivery'' means any method of the Defense Media
Activity for the delivery of digital content that is
different from a method used by the Activity at a cost as of
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Consolidation.--The term ``consolidation'', in the case
of the Defense Media Activity, means any action to reduce or
limit the functions, personnel, facilities, or capabilities
of the Activity, including entering into contracts or
developing plans for such reduction or limitation.
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