TRAINING PROGRAM REGARDING FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS.

SEC. 589E. [10 U.S.C. 2001 note] TRAINING PROGRAM REGARDING FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS. (a) Establishment.—Not later than September 30, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a program for training members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense regarding the threat of foreign malign influence campaigns targeted at such individuals and the families of such individuals, including such campaigns carried out through social media. (b) Designation of Official to Coordinate and Integrate.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate an official of the Department who shall be responsible for coordinating and integrating the training program under this section. (c) Best Practices.—In coordinating and integrating the training program under this section, the official designated under subsection (b) shall review best practices of existing training programs across the Department. (d) Establishment of Working Group.—(1) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a working group to assist the official designated under subsection (b), as follows: (A) In the identification of mediums used by covered foreign countries to identify, access, and endeavor to influence servicemembers and Department of Defense civilian employees through foreign malign influence campaigns and the themes conveyed through such mediums. (B) In coordinating and integrating the training program under this subsection in order to enhance and strengthen servicemember and Department of Defense civilian employee awareness of and defenses against foreign malign influence, including by bolstering information literacy. (C) In such other tasks deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Defense or the official designated under subsection (b). (2) The official designed under subsection (b) and the working group established under this subsection shall consult with the Foreign Malign Influence Center established pursuant to section 3059 of title 50, United States Code. (e) Report Required.—Not later than 18 months after the establishment of the working group, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the working group, its activities, the effectiveness of the counter foreign malign influence activities carried out under this section, the metrics applied to determined effectiveness, and the actual costs associated with actions undertaken pursuant to this section. (f) Definitions.—In this section: (1) Foreign malign influence.—The term “foreign malign influence” has the meaning given that term in section 119C of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3059). (2) Covered foreign country.—The term “covered foreign country” has the meaning given that term in section 119C of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3059) (3) Information literacy.—The term “information literacy” means the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, understand, evaluate, analyze, and effectively use information (which encompasses spoken and broadcast words and videos, printed materials, and digital content, data, and images).