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H.R. 7443 · House bill · 119th Congress
This bill requires the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prioritize providing intelligence support to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and private sector entities equally with providing support to other elements of the intelligence community.
To carry out this requirement, the bill directs I&A to facilitate two-way information sharing between I&A and its government and private sector partners and to identify and address threats using forward-deployed intelligence capabilities. I&A must also ensure that its provision of intelligence support to DHS leadership does not interfere with I&A’s responsibilities to government and private sector partners.
Further, the bill directs I&A to maintain robust and sustained engagement with fusion centers. (Fusion centers are collaborative efforts between federal, state, local, or tribal governments that combine resources, expertise, or information to detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to criminal or terrorist activity.)
After the bill’s enactment, I&A must report to Congress on its efforts to implement these provisions.
This Act may be cited as the “I&A Mission Reorientation Act of 2026”.
(a) Findings.— Congress finds the following:
(1) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) of the Department of Homeland Security plays a critical role in supporting homeland security by providing actionable intelligence to Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and private sector entities.
(2) The Office’s foundational mission is to serve as an intelligence component that supports such governments and entities by fusing law enforcement and intelligence information.
(3) The Office’s effectiveness depends on the mutual flow of information, collaboration, and trust between the Department and such governments and entities.
(4) Emerging and evolving threats require a proactive approach to intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination.
(b) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security should fully execute its statutory role in supporting State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and private sector entities through actionable, relevant, and timely intelligence;
(2) consistent with the requirements of section 201(d)(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)(6)), the Department should avoid an intelligence posture that promotes a one-directional flow of information from field entities to the intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))), and should actively foster two-way collaboration; and
(3) intelligence support to the Secretary of Homeland Security should complement the Office’s broader stakeholder-facing mission.
(a) In general.— Subsection (d) of section 201 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(24) To ensure the Office of Intelligence and Analysis’s operational mission of providing timely and efficient intelligence support to State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and private sector entities is sufficiently prioritized and resourced relevant to support provided to elements of the intelligence community by carrying out the following:
(A) Identifying and addressing emerging threats through forward-deployed intelligence capabilities.
(B) Facilitating two-way information sharing characterized by both the receipt of intelligence from such governments and entities, and the dissemination of actionable intelligence to such governments and entities.
(C) Maintaining robust, proficient, and sustained engagement with fusion centers (as such term is defined in section 210A).
(D) Ensuring intelligence support from the Office provided to departmental leadership, including the Secretary, does not hinder or deprioritize broader responsibilities of the Office to State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and private sector entities.”.
(b) Report.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report detailing the following:
(1) Steps taken to implement the mission realignment of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department in accordance with paragraph (24) of section 201(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a).
(2) Progress in enhancing two-way information sharing between the Office and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and private sector entities, in accordance with such paragraph (24).
(3) Metrics used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Office’s intelligence activities in support of State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and private sector entities.
(4) Any resource or organizational changes to the Office required to sustain such realignment.
(c) Rule of construction.— Nothing in this section may be construed to alter or otherwise change the watchlisting functions of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis.