[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 8664 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8664
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 19 (legislative day, December 16), 2024
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs
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AN ACT
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:
``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.
``(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.
``(3) Discriminants.--The term `discriminants' means
identifiers and selection terms.
``(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.
``(c) Notifications.--The Under Secretary for Intelligence and
Analysis of the Department shall provide the appropriate congressional
committees with--
``(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
``(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.
``(d) Reports and Review.--
``(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.
``(2) GAO review.--Not later than 4 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:
``Sec. 210H.Annual audit of information systems and bulk data.''.
Passed the House of Representatives December 18, 2024.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.