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; 7 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Oct 10, 2007Markup Jun 26, 2008Reported Jul 21, 2008 |
| Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee | Referred Oct 12, 2007Markup Jun 11, 2008Reported Jun 11, 2008 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 31, 2008Markup Sep 23, 2008Reported Sep 24, 2008 |
Actions 20
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)
- Jul 30, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/29/2008 H7189-7190)
- Jul 30, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 29, 2008Ms. Harman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 29, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7189-7191)
- Jul 29, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3815.
- Jul 29, 2008At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bilirakis objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
- Jul 21, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 110-763.
- Jul 21, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 486.
- Jun 26, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 26, 2008Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 11, 2008Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 11, 2008Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
- Oct 12, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
- Oct 10, 2007Introduced in House
- Oct 10, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7596 | — | Jul 30, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7189–H7191Text printed H7189 | Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Jane Harman D-CA | Jul 29, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Sep 25, 2008H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 23, 2008</p>
- Sep 25, 2008H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 23, 2008
- Jul 10, 2008H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008</p>
- Jul 10, 2008H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source homeland security information products, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008
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 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2008Reported to Senate
- Jul 31, 2008Referred in Senate
- Jul 30, 2008Engrossed in House
- Jul 21, 2008Reported in House
- Oct 10, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
