National Strategy for the Global Information Domain Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (19 Jul 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
What this bill does
This bill, H.R. 4466, would establish a temporary working group within the Executive Office of the President. This group, named the Federal Interagency Working Group on the Global Information Domain, would be composed of members appointed by the President from the National Security Council.
The main task of this working group would be to develop a national strategy for the "global information domain." This domain is defined as a competitive area where different actors use information to influence public opinion for national security, geopolitical, or economic reasons. The strategy would need to recognize this domain as vital to U.S. national security, describe how adversaries use information and artificial intelligence to shape opinion, and propose actions to counter these adversarial efforts.
The bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives. If passed, the working group would have 270 days after the bill becomes law to develop and submit the national strategy to Congress. The working group would then dissolve three months after submitting the strategy.
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Official summary
National Strategy for the Global Information Domain Act
This bill establishes a temporary working group, comprised of members (or attendees) of the National Security Council who are appointed by the President, to develop a national strategy for the global information domain. The global information domain refers to a sphere of strategic competition in which state and nonstate actors create, distort, obtain, disseminate, or otherwise engage with information to influence public opinion for national security, geopolitical, or economic purposes.
The global information domain strategy must, among other requirements, (1) prioritize the domain as vital to U.S. national security, (2) describe how adversarial actors define and control the domain and their use of artificial intelligence-enabled malign information, and (3) make recommendations to counter adversarial efforts.
Timeline
19 Jul 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 4466 do?
- This bill, H.R. 4466, would establish a temporary working group within the Executive Office of the President. This group, named the Federal Interagency Working Group on the Global Information Domain, would be composed of members appointed by the President from the National Security Council. The main task of this working group would be to develop a national strategy for the "global information domain." This domain is defined as a competitive area where different actors use information to influence public opinion for national security, geopolitical, or economic reasons. The strategy would need to recognize this domain as vital to U.S. national security, describe how adversaries use information and artificial intelligence to shape opinion, and propose actions to counter these adversarial efforts. The bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives. If passed, the working group would have 270 days after the bill becomes law to develop and submit the national strategy to Congress. The working group would then dissolve three months after submitting the strategy.
- Has H.R. 4466 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 4466. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 4466?
- H.R. 4466 was sponsored by Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), with 0 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 4466?
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (19 Jul 2021).
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