Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 24, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1051.
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.
- IntroducedOct 10, 2007
- Passed HouseJul 30, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source and the Director of National Intelligence, to establish an open source collection, analysis, and dissemination program within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
Defines "open source information" to mean publicly available information that can be lawfully obtained by a member of the public by request, purchase, or observation. Requires the program to make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source alerts, warnings, and other intelligence products relating to the mission of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that DHS makes full and efficient use of such information in intelligence analysis to identify terrorist threats; and (2) make DHS open source information available to federal, state, local, tribal, and private-sector entities, using systems and networks for the dissemination of homeland security information.
Directs: (1) the Secretary to ensure that the manner in which open source information is gathered and disseminated complies with all relevant federal laws; and (2) the Chief Privacy Officer of DHS to include in such Officer's annual report submitted to Congress an assessment of compliance by federal departments and agencies with laws relating to the use of open source information.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 10, 2007 to Jun 5, 2008, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| R-AZ | Rick Renzi | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Oct 25, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Nov 8, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 5, 2008 |
Actions 21
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2008Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Sep 24, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1051.
- Sep 23, 2008Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 31, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jul 30, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7596)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Electronic government information
- Emergency Management
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government and business
- Government Operations and Politics
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Inspectors general
- Internet
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Public records
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Terrorism
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2008Engrossed in House
- Jul 21, 2008Reported in House
- Oct 10, 2007Introduced in House
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