Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act

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.

• Who is affected: DHS intelligence personnel and people whose information could appear in DHS intelligence work.
• What changes: Stronger rules for how intelligence is shared and kept; required training on privacy and civil rights; closer coordination among DHS intelligence, privacy, and civil rights offices.
• When: The provided text does not specify a start date.