cers, or employees of the United States, authorities mak-
ing arrests or searches, creditors of the United States, for-
eign diplomats, consults, or officers, 4–H Club members 
or agents, and Red Cross members or agents) shall be in-
terpreted to include those who produce, or substantially 
knowingly contribute to the production and unlawful use 
of, ‘deep fakes’ which constitute an ‘advanced techno-
logical false personation record’, as such terms are defined 
by section 2 of the Defending Each and Every Person 
from False Appearances by Keeping Exploitation Subject 
to Accountability Act of 2019 and subject to parallel ex-
ceptions to those enumerated in section 2(j) of such Act, 
of such classes of persons covered by this chapter.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 43 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘918. Deep fake false personation generally.’’. 
SEC. 7. DETECTION OF DEEP FAKES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the 
heads of other relevant Federal elements, shall establish 
a task force within the Science and Technology Direc-
torate, hereinafter referred to as the Deep Fakes Task 
Force, to— 
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(1) advance efforts of the United States Gov-
ernment to combat the national security implications 
of deep fakes; 
(2) as appropriate, research and develop tech-
nologies to detect, or otherwise counter and combat, 
deep fakes and other advanced image manipulation 
methods and distinguish such deep fakes or related 
forgeries from legitimate audiovisual recordings or 
visual depictions of actual events; 
(3) provide support, both administrative and 
scientific, to other Federal elements researching 
such technologies; 
(4) encourage efforts of the United States Gov-
ernment to adopt such technology; and 
(5) facilitate discussion and appropriate co-
operation between the United States Government 
and relevant private sector technology enterprises or 
other nongovernmental entities, including academic 
and research institutions, regarding the identifica-
tion of deep fakes or other advanced image manipu-
lation methods. 
(b) PRIVATE
SECTOR
COLLABORATION.—In the 
event the United States Government develops technology 
to reliably detect deep fakes and distinguish such from le-
gitimate audiovisual recordings or visual depictions of ac-
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tual events, the President shall, unless he determines such 
is contrary to the national interests of the United States, 
endeavor to make such technology available to appropriate 
United States private sector internet platforms, including 
social networks. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-
after for a period of five years, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit an unclassified report, which may 
however contain a classified annex, to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate describing— 
(1) the activities of the Task Force; 
(2) as appropriate, technological progress re-
lated to the detection of deep fakes; 
(3) new developments related to the national se-
curity threat posed by deep fakes or related image 
manipulation technologies, which shall include a de-
scription of any efforts of the Russian Federation 
and the People’s Republic of China, and such other 
states or groups as the Attorney General determines 
appropriate, to distribute unlawful deep fakes in the 
United States or other democracies; and 
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(4) related efforts of the United States to com-
bat and counter deep fakes or related image manipu-
lation technologies. 
(d) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘deep fake’’ shall have 
the meaning given such term in section 1041 of title 18, 
United States Code, as added by section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 8. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security, on no less than 
an annual basis, shall provide the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate with a classified written notification 
and, upon request, a briefing regarding any known at-
tempts of foreign states to use deep fake technology to 
influence or otherwise interfere in an official proceeding 
within the United States, including an election. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall enter into effect on the date that is 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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