# 119-s-1263: Operational Security Act of 2025

119-s-1263, Operational Security Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1263
- Congress: 119
- Title: Operational Security Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-02
- Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New security office for EOP staff: benefit, low. 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 mes…

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- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
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## Sources
- [119-s-1263 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1263)

## Related
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- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1263 (as of 2025-12-21).