119-hr1711

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1711 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1711

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Under 
 Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland 
Security to conduct an annual audit of the information systems and bulk 
data of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department, and 
 for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 27, 2025

 Ms. Lee of Florida (for herself, Mr. Evans of Colorado, and Mr. 
 Pfluger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Homeland Security

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 A BILL

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Under 
 Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland 
Security to conduct an annual audit of the information systems and bulk 
data of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department, and 
 for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``DHS Intelligence and Analysis 
Oversight and Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL AUDIT OF DHS OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS 
 INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BULK DATA.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

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SEC. 210H. ANNUAL AUDIT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BULK DATA.

 ``

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:
 ``

    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 `appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on 
 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Select 
 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on 
 Homeland Security and the Permanent Select Committee on 
 Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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    (2) Bulk data.--The term `bulk data' means large 
 quantities of data acquired without the use of discriminants, a 
 significant portion of which are not reasonably likely to have 
 intelligence or operational value.
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    (3) Discriminants.--The term `discriminants' means 
 identifiers and selection terms.
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    (b) Annual Audits.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the Under Secretary 
for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department shall conduct an audit 
of the information systems and bulk data of the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis, which shall be consistent with the intelligence oversight 
guidelines of the Office.
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            (c) Notifications.--The Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis of the Department shall provide the appropriate congressional 
committees with--
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    (1) a notification not later than 30 days after the first 
 analysis or other intelligence use by the Office of 
 Intelligence and Analysis after the date of the enactment of 
 this section of any new bulk data set and the associated terms 
 and conditions; and
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    (2) an update not later than 30 days after any changes to 
 such associated terms and conditions related to the use of such 
 a bulk data set.
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            (d) Reports and Review.--
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    (1) Reports to congress.--Not later than 30 days after 
 the conclusion of each audit under subsection

    (b) , the Under 
 Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department shall 
 submit to the appropriate congressional committees the findings 
 and results of such audit.
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    (2) GAO review.--Not later than four years after the date 
 of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of 
 the United States shall provide the appropriate congressional 
 committees a review of the implementation of the annual audit 
 requirement under subsection

    (b) , challenges to the 
 implementation of such requirement, and recommendations for 
 improving such audits.''.

    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in 

section 1

    (b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296; 116 Stat. 2135) 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

section 210G the 
following:

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Sec. 210H. Annual audit of information systems and bulk data.''.
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