YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityWorkers & JobsMost people would notice nothing — one Homeland Security outreach office must give Congress a plan before it can grow.
Transparency & Accountability
The plan is due 120 days after the bill becomes law. It goes to the homeland security committees in the House and Senate, not to the public.
The plan has to set ways to measure how well the office works with law enforcement partners. It must also build in internal checks on how the changes are carried out.
The freeze covers staff, budget, and the range of work the office does. It lifts only after the plan arrives and the Secretary tells Congress the changes have started.
Workers & Jobs
The plan must point out jobs and programs in the office that are not needed. It must also spell out how staff would move to another part of the intelligence office.
More about this bill
Most people would see no change in daily life. This is a plan-and-report bill about one office inside the Department of Homeland Security. That office handles outreach to law enforcement agencies. It also shares intelligence with state, local, and tribal governments. Within 120 days, the Secretary would have to send Congress a plan to reorganize it and fold it into another part of the intelligence office. The plan must name jobs and programs that are not needed. It must show costs and benefits, and lay out how staff would be moved. It must also promise that state and local partners keep the intelligence support they get today. Until the plan is sent and the work is under way, the office could not add staff, money, or new duties. DHS also could not start a new office doing the same job without approval from Congress.
Congressional Summary
Congress's official summary of this bill still describes an earlier version of the text, so we have left it out here. You can read it on Congress.gov.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-02-13
- Date Added
- 2026-07-11
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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