HR 2261
Passed a chamber
Requires DHS intelligence information to be shared, retained, and disseminated consistently with privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections, and requires related training for intelligence personnel.
Official title: Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
21-MAR-2025
Referred
21-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
03-SEP-2025
Reported
12-NOV-2025
On the calendar
12-NOV-2025
Passed
17-NOV-2025
Senate
Received
18-NOV-2025
- Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 so DHS intelligence information is shared, retained, and disseminated consistently with privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties.
- Gives the Chief Privacy Officer and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties roles in determining how those protections apply.
- Requires the Privacy Office and the civil rights office to coordinate with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis on these protections.
- Requires training for intelligence personnel on privacy rights, the Privacy Act of 1974, and civil rights and civil liberties, focused on staff who disseminate or review analyzed information.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (12-NOV-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 17-NOV-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Homeland Security Committee (House)
- Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
■ 1 R■ 1 D
1 Republican
1 Democrat