HR 3815 · 110th Congress · Emergency Management

Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008

Introduced 2007-10-10· Sponsored by Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]· House

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Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1051.(2008-09-24)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components responsible for information sharing and infrastructure protection make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source products. Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that DHS makes full and efficient use of such information to analyze U.S. critical infrastructure nodes from the perspective of terrorists and other activities with a nexus to terrorism using publicly available information; and (2) share the unclassified results with appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, and private-sector officials. Directs: (1) the Secretary to ensure that the manner in which open source information is gathered and disseminated complies with the Constitution, the Privacy Act of 1974, the E-Government Act of 2002, and all other relevant federal laws; (2) the Chief Privacy Officer of DHS to include in such Officer's annual report a description of the types of personally identifiable information collected by DHS intelligence components; and (…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008

Jul 10, 2008

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008</p>

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H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008

Jul 10, 2008

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008

Full CBO report ↗

H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008

Sep 25, 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>

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H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008

Sep 25, 2008

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 23, 2008

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (13)

10 Democrats3 Republicans