The record

LegislationLegislation· Nov 2025
HR 2261 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Pablo Rescom. Hernández (D)

Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act

Requires to protect privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties when sharing intelligence information.

Tradeoff

Adds oversight requirements for how handles intelligence data. No direct spending or revenue impact cited.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs less than $500,000 over 2026-2030.

The less-than-$500,000 federal cost is just the administrative expense to formalize compliance with civil rights and liberties training and information-sharing requirements that already performs; the policy's real impact is the mandate on intelligence operations to maintain these practices.

H.R. 2261, Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act · Oct 2025

Passed the House by on November 17, 2025 — now in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Mar 21, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Homeland Security(Mar 21, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Homeland Security voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 22 - 0(Sep 3, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-375.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Nov 17, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Nov 18, 2025)