Last progress November 18, 2025 (2 weeks ago)
Introduced on March 21, 2025 by Pablo José Hernández
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4690)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
This bill would tighten how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) handles intelligence to better protect people’s privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. It tells DHS to make sure any intelligence it shares, keeps, or sends out is handled in ways that protect these rights, with DHS privacy and civil rights officials responsible for making sure the rules are followed.
It also requires DHS to coordinate across its intelligence, privacy, and civil rights offices to train intelligence staff on privacy rules, civil rights, and the Privacy Act of 1974—especially those who decide what information gets sent out or review it before it’s shared.