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H.R. 3825 107th Congress House

Homeland Security Information Sharing Act

Official title: To provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities.

Introduced: February 28, 2002 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Feb 28, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 28, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 18, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Homeland Security Information Sharing Act - Directs the President to: (1) prescribe procedures for Federal agencies for sharing homeland security information with State and local personnel and for declassifying such information; and (2) ensure that such procedures apply to each element of the intelligence community and that the requisite technology is available.

Requires each intelligence community element, under procedures prescribed by the Director of Central Intelligence and the Attorney General, to share homeland security information, with credibility assessments, with State and local personnel. Directs that: (1) such procedures include existing information sharing systems; and (2) each element of the Federal intelligence and law enforcement communities, as well as specified congressional committees, have access to each information sharing system and the information within it.

Directs the President to prescribe procedures under which Federal agencies may share classified homeland security information with appropriate State and local personnel, including through security clearance investigations, non-disclosure agreements, and increased use of information-sharing partnerships.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 2 Republican 1
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Apr 9, 2002
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 18, 2002
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 18, 2002
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Feb 28, 2002
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 28, 2002
Burr, Richard
· Feb 28, 2002
GOSS, PORTER
· Feb 28, 2002
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 28, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3825: Homeland Security Information Sharing Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3825/
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"H.R. 3825: Homeland Security Information Sharing Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3825/.
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H.R. 3825, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3825/.
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