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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8664 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8664

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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:

                                                                 Clerk.
118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 8664

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.
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