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119-hr-5215119th CongressWALLET

SHIELD Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]

Introduced

Summary

Establishes DoD pilot training to teach service members how to interact safely with digital information. It would create a curriculum on spotting fact-based versus opinion journalism, identifying disinformation, conspiracy theories, and hate-based ideologies, assessing source credibility, protecting personal information, and reducing insider threats.

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  • Service members would receive instruction on identifying disinformation and hate-based ideology including antisemitism and white supremacy, guidance on how online actions affect others, and specific methods to locate, evaluate, and use digital information.
  • The Department of Defense would launch the pilot within 120 days and run it for 1 year using a geographically and demographically diverse sample with equal in-person, virtual, and hybrid delivery to gather meaningful feedback. The Secretary may consult organizations that specialize in digital information literacy.
  • After the pilot ends, the Secretary would survey participants and instructors and submit a report within 180 days to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees comparing delivery methods, recommending the most effective format, and advising how often training and the curriculum should be repeated and updated.

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Digital information safety training for troops

If enacted, the Department of Defense would start a pilot within 120 days to train service members on safe, smart use of online information. The training would cover spotting disinformation, conspiracy theories, and hate-based ideologies, checking source credibility, guarding personal data, and avoiding information-based threats. A diverse group of members would get in-person, virtual, and hybrid classes in equal amounts. The pilot would end one year after it begins. Within 180 days after it ends, the Department would survey participants and report to Congress on which format works best and how often to repeat and update the training.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]

MI • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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