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119-s-1263119th Congress

Operational Security Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]

Introduced

Summary

Creates a dedicated Office for security training and counterintelligence in the Executive Office of the President. It would centralize training, insider‑threat work, and protection of classified information for EOP staff while setting up an external advisory board to guide practices.

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  • EOP personnel: Would get centralized security training and curricula, plus counterintelligence and insider‑threat activities to identify, assess, deter, and mitigate foreign and insider threats and protect classified material, including rules about using commercial messaging apps.
  • Leadership and staffing: Would place a Presidentially appointed Director at the head of the Office who must be a recognized security expert eligible for Top Secret and sensitive compartmented information access and would require the initial Director to be appointed within 30 days after enactment.
  • Intelligence community support: Would allow the Director of National Intelligence to detail personnel to the Office to help carry out its functions, subject to clearances.
  • Oversight and advice: Would create a four‑member Security Training and Counterintelligence Advisory Board with members appointed by the party leaders in both chambers, serving two‑year terms and required to send an annual report with recommendations to congressional intelligence committees.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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New security office for EOP staff

This bill would create an Office of Security Training and Counterintelligence inside the Executive Office of the President. The Office would run security training, counterintelligence and insider-threat work, and protect classified and sensitive information, including rules for using commercial messaging apps and working with the National Archives. The President would appoint a Director, with Senate confirmation, who must be a recognized security expert eligible for Top Secret and sensitive compartmented access; the initial Director must be appointed within 30 days after enactment. The Office could be staffed by career security and counterintelligence detailees and by personnel the Director of National Intelligence may send, and all detailees must have required security clearances. The bill would also create a four-member advisory board of security experts, appointed by House and Senate leaders, serving two-year terms and sending an annual report to congressional intelligence committees.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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