Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act adds privacy, civil-rights, and civil-liberties safeguards to Department of Homeland Security intelligence work. It amends section 201(d) of the Homeland Security Act so intelligence information under the Act must be shared, retained, and disseminated consistently with privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties as determined by the Chief Privacy Officer and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. It amends section 222 so the Chief Privacy Officer coordinates with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis to ensure intelligence information is handled consistently with privacy rights and to train intelligence personnel on the Privacy Act of 1974, privacy regulations, information practices, and other relevant laws. It amends section 705 so the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties coordinates with the Under Secretary to protect civil rights and civil liberties and train intelligence personnel who disseminate or review DHS intelligence information.
Who Benefits and How
American citizens subject to DHS intelligence activities, immigrants and travelers whose information may be analyzed by DHS, privacy advocates, civil-rights organizations, civil-liberties organizations, the DHS Chief Privacy Officer, the DHS Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, congressional homeland-security overseers, and DHS personnel who need clearer guidance benefit from statutory safeguards, officer coordination, and focused training on privacy, civil-rights, and civil-liberties rules.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, DHS intelligence personnel, DHS information-dissemination staff, DHS intelligence reviewers, Chief Privacy Officer staff, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties staff, DHS training teams, and program managers responsible for section 201(d) intelligence analysis must revise handling practices, coordinate reviews, attend or provide training, and ensure intelligence sharing, retention, and dissemination meets the statutory protections.
Key Provisions
- Requires DHS intelligence information sharing, retention, and dissemination to protect privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties.
- Directs the Chief Privacy Officer to coordinate with Intelligence and Analysis on privacy-consistent intelligence handling.
- Requires privacy-rights and Privacy Act training for DHS intelligence personnel who disseminate or review intelligence information.
- Directs the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to coordinate with Intelligence and Analysis on civil-rights and civil-liberties safeguards.
- Requires civil-rights and civil-liberties training for covered DHS intelligence personnel.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Amends the Homeland Security Act to require DHS intelligence information sharing, retention, and dissemination to protect privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties, and requires DHS privacy and civil-rights officers to coordinate with Intelligence and Analysis on training for personnel who disseminate or review intelligence information.
Key Policy Areas
Homeland Security, Civil Rights, Privacy
Primary Purpose
Amends the Homeland Security Act to require DHS intelligence information sharing, retention, and dissemination to protect privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties, and requires DHS privacy and civil-rights officers to coordinate with Intelligence and Analysis on training for personnel who disseminate or review intelligence information.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- American citizens subject to DHS intelligence activities
- Immigrants and travelers whose information may be analyzed by DHS
- Privacy advocates
- Civil-rights organizations
- Civil-liberties organizations
- DHS Chief Privacy Officer
- DHS Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Congressional homeland-security overseers
Identified Costs
- Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
- DHS intelligence personnel
- DHS information-dissemination staff
- DHS intelligence reviewers
- Chief Privacy Officer staff
- Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties staff
- DHS training teams
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland …
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4690-4691)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
Mr. Garbarino moved to suspend the rules and pass the …
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
DHS Chief Privacy Officer, DHS Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, DHS intelligence personnel
Positive-direction: DHS Chief Privacy Officer, DHS Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Negative-direction: DHS intelligence personnel, Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
American citizens subject to DHS intelligence activities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "crcl"
- → DHS Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- "under_secretary"
- → Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
- "chief_privacy_officer"
- → DHS Chief Privacy Officer
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