HR2261Passed House
Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-03-21
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Pablo José Hernández
Democrat · PR · Representative
Votes with party: 100.0% (61 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/H001103
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (2)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Latest Action
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-11-18
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsReferred To · 2025-11-18
- House Committee on Homeland SecurityReported By · 2025-11-12
Previously
- House Committee on Homeland SecurityMarkup By · 2025-09-03
- House Committee on Homeland SecurityReferred To · 2025-03-21
Plain-English Summary
Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act This bill increases privacy protections associated with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intelligence information. Specifically, the bill requires designated DHS officials to ensure that certain intelligence information is shared, stored, and disseminated in a manner consistent with the protection of civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy rights. The bill also provides statutory authority for requirements for DHS to train intelligence personnel on civil rights, civil liberties, privacy rights, and privacy-related regulations and information practices. Such training must focus on those who disseminate information analyzed by DHS or who review such information for dissemination.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Armed Forces and National Security
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