S.Amdt. 4602

SA 4602. Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Menendez)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867
submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R.
4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 E of title VIII, insert the
following:

SEC. 857. LIMITATION ON CONTRACT AUTHORITY TO IMPROVE
REPRESENTATION IN CERTAIN MEDIA PROJECTS
INVOLVING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) Limitation on Contract Authority.--Neither the
Secretary of Defense, nor the Secretary of the Army, nor the
Secretary of the Navy, nor the Secretary of the Air Force,
may enter into a covered contract for any film or publishing
project for entertainment-oriented media unless the covered
contract includes a provision that requires consideration of
diversity in carrying out the project, including
consideration of the following:
(1) The composition of the community represented in the
project and whether such community is inclusive of
historically marginalized communities.
(2) The depiction of the community represented in the
project and whether or not the project advances any
inaccurate or harmful stereotypes as a result of such
depiction.
(b) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for
five years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a report containing, with respect to the year
covered by the report, the following information:
(1) The total number of projects for which the Secretary
provided assistance pursuant to a covered contract.
(2) A summary of the projects specified in paragraph (1).
(3) A summary of the communities represented in such
projects.
(4) A summary of the involvement of the Department of
Defense with respect to such projects.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered contract'' means a contract or
production assistance agreement entered into with a
nongovernmental entertainment-oriented media producer or
publisher.
(2) The term ``entertainment-oriented media'' includes
books and other forms of print media that are entertainment-
oriented.
(3) The term ``marginalized community'' means a community
of individuals that is, or historically was, under-
represented in the industry of film, television, or
publishing, including--
(A) women;
(B) racial and ethnic minorities;
(C) individuals with disabilities; and
(D) members of the LGBTQ communities.
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