Sec. 407. Propaganda prohibited
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Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Management, shall issue a Department-wide directive and corresponding oversight mechanisms to all personnel prohibiting the origination or circulation of propaganda internally or externally, including with respect to public-facing materials. Not later than September 30, 2022, the Inspector General of the Department shall review— the Department’s internal and external communications associated with the August 2020 Kenosha, Wisconsin shooting; the 2020 protests in Portland, Oregon; and the issuance of Executive Order 13769 to determine if there is evidence of the Department engaging in propaganda as defined under this Act; implementation of subsection (a); and issue recommendations, as appropriate, to strengthen protections against the engagement of propaganda within the Department.
For purposes of this section, the term propaganda means information disseminated with the intent to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view, including— materials designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative body; materials designed to support or defeat proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order issued by the Executive Branch including any State or local government; materials self-aggrandizing or overly publicizing and emphasizing the importance of the agency or activity in question; materials that are prepared by the agency or its contractors at the behest of the agency and circulated as the ostensible position of parties outside the agency without disclosure that the information originated with the Department; and purely partisan materials, those designed to aid a particular political party or candidate.
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Sec. 407
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