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HR 7984 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Employment and training programs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Right of privacy

Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act

Introduced: August 7, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Sep 24, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
Aug 7, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Aug 7, 2020
Introduced in House
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Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that its handling of intelligence is consistent with privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties.

Specifically, the DHS senior official with primary responsibility for privacy policy shall ensure that intelligence information is shared, retained, and disseminated in a manner consistent with protecting privacy rights. The DHS Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties shall ensure that intelligence information is shared, retained, and disseminated in a manner consistent with protecting civil rights and civil liberties.

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis within DHS shall ensure that intelligence information is handled in a manner consistent with the guidance from the DHS privacy official and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

What's happening now September 24, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 8, 2020
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 8, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Aug 21, 2020
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Aug 21, 2020
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Aug 7, 2020
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Aug 7, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Aug 7, 2020
Vela, Filemon
· Aug 7, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7984: Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7984/
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"H.R. 7984: Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7984/.
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