# 119-hr-2261: Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act

119-hr-2261, Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large] (D-PR); status passed_house (as of 2026-07-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2261
- Congress: 119
- Title: Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-03-21
- Sponsor: Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large] (D-PR)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-15

## Summary

**Embeds privacy and civil liberties protections into how DHS handles intelligence.** It assigns the Chief Privacy Officer and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to judge whether intelligence is shared, retained, and disseminated in ways that protect those rights, and it requires targeted training for personnel who analyze, review, or disseminate intelligence. - Intelligence personnel: Must receive training on privacy rules, including the Privacy Act of 1974, and on civil rights and civil liberties. Training focuses on staff who can disseminate or review intelligence analyzed by the Department. - Chief Privacy Officer and Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: Gain formal responsibility to determine whether sharing, retention, and dissemination of intelligence comply with privacy and civil rights protections. - People whose data is handled by DHS intelligence: Information must be shared, retained, and disseminated in ways that protect privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties, making those protections part of DHS intelligence rules.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger privacy rules for Homeland Security intelligence: benefit, medium. This bill would require Homeland Security to handle intelligence in ways that protect privacy and civil rights. The Chief Privacy Officer and the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer would decide if sharing and retention meet these standards. DHS would work with the Under Secretary for Intellig…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-2261 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2261)

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- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2261 (as of 2026-07-15).