Sec. 1555. Certification requirement regarding contracting for military recruiting
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Prior to the Secretary of Defense entering into any contract or other agreement (or extending, renewing, or otherwise modifying an existing contract or other agreement) with an entity for the purpose of that entity placing military recruitment advertisements on behalf of the Department of Defense, the Secretary shall require, as a condition of such contract or agreement, that the entity certify to the Secretary that the entity does not place advertisements in news sources based on personal or institutional political preferences or biases, or determinations of misinformation.
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall submit a notification to the congressional defense committees and congressional leadership each time the Department of Defense enters into a contract related to the placement of recruitment advertising with an entity specified in paragraph
(2)and if such entities are used how they are used. The entities specified in this paragraph are— NewsGuard Technologies Inc.; the Global Disinformation Index, incorporated in the United Kingdom as Disinformation Index LTD ; and any similar entity. The requirement under this section shall terminate on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.