# 119-hr-5215: SHIELD Act of 2025

119-hr-5215, SHIELD Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5215
- Congress: 119
- Title: SHIELD Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Digital information safety training for troops: benefit, low. 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 avo…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5215 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5215)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5089)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5215 (as of 2026-04-21).