Department of Homeland Security Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Act

This bill updates the Department of Homeland Security’s civil rights office. It would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to give the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties permanent staff and resources to carry out the office’s duties. It also makes small technical changes to how the law is organized and gives the act a short title. These steps are meant to strengthen the office’s ability to do its work inside DHS.

Key points:

• Who is affected: The Department of Homeland Security and its Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
• What changes: DHS must assign permanent staff and resources to support the Officer; the law’s subsections are reorganized; a short title is added.