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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1711 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 
Ms. LEE of Florida (for herself, Mr. EVANS of Colorado, and Mr. PFLUGER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security 
A BILL 
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 Depart-
ment, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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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 Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend-
ed 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
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Com-
mittee 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 annu-
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ally 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 Intel-
ligence and Analysis, which shall be consistent with the 
intelligence oversight guidelines of the Office. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATIONS.—The Under Secretary for In-
telligence 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 Of-
fice 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 re-
lated 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 four years 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
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Comptroller General of the United States shall pro-
vide the appropriate congressional committees a re-
view of the implementation of the annual audit re-
quirement under subsection (b), challenges to the 
implementation of such requirement, and rec-
ommendations 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 in-
serting after the item relating to section 210G the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 210H. Annual audit of information systems and bulk data.’’. 
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