H.R. 7984: Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-08-07 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-08-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] · 8 cosponsors

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Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr7984.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr7984 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116