Homeland Security Information Sharing Enhancement Act of 2006
Latest action · Mar 21, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Homeland Security Information Sharing Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Information and Analysis to implement a Homeland Security Advisory System to provide advisories and alerts regarding threats to homeland security. Requires such an advisory or alert to: (1) include information on protective measures and countermeasures; (2) be limited in scope to a specific region, locality, or economic sector; and (3) not use color designations as the exclusive means of specifying threat conditions.
Directs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) integrate and standardize the information of the Department's intelligence components into a Department information-sharing environment; and (2) designate, for each such component, an information-sharing and knowledge management officer.
Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) establish Department-wide procedures for the review and analysis of information gathered from state, local, tribal, and private-sector sources; (2) develop mechanisms to provide analytical and operational feedback; (3) provide Department employees training and educational opportunities; and (4) evaluate how employees of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Department's intelligence components are utilizing homeland security information.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief Intelligence Officer, to establish a comprehensive information technology architecture for such Office.
Makes the Secretary the executive branch official responsible for disseminating homeland security-related terrorist threat information to state and local government and tribal officials and the private sector. Prohibits any federal official from issuing a homeland security-related analysis, advisory, or alert without the Secretary's approval, with exceptions.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 16, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
- Mar 16, 2006Introduced in House
- Mar 16, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Classified defense information
- Computer networks
- Computer security measures
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Department of Homeland Security
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency Management
- Employee training
- Executive reorganization
- Federal employees
- Federal officials
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Information networks
- Information technology
- Labor and Employment
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Police communication systems
- Rating of employees
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Terrorism
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2006Introduced in House
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