S.Amdt. 855

SA 855. Mr. VANCE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 H of title V, add the following:

SEC. 584. DIGITAL AMBASSADOR PROGRAM OF THE NAVY: CESSATION;
REPORT; RESTART.

(a) Cessation.--The Secretary of the Navy shall cease all
activities of the digital ambassador program of the Office of
Information of the Department of the Navy. The Secretary
shall notify each individual designated as a digital
ambassador of such cessation and that the individual is not
authorized to act as a digital ambassador of the Navy.
(b) Restart.--The Secretary may not restart such program
until 60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House
of Representatives a report containing the following:
(1) All policies and documents of the program.
(2) The number of digital ambassadors designated.
(3) The process and criteria for such designation.
(4) The duties of a digital ambassador.
(5) The online platforms (including social media) on which
an individual is authorized under such program to perform
duties of a digital ambassador.
(6) The determination of the Secretary that such program
complies with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance.
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