3.0.0 5001 2023-01-13T04:48:56Z 2023-01-13T04:48:56Z House H HR 2006-03-16 109 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm05 Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee Referred to 2006-03-21T14:07:17Z Referred to 2006-03-16T14:58:05Z 2006-03-21 hshm05 Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment. Committee 2006-03-16 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2006-03-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001152 Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] ROB SIMMONS R CT 2 N L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2006-03-16 True Emergency Management Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Classified defense information Computer networks Computer security measures Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Department of Homeland Security Emergency communication systems Employee training Executive reorganization Federal employees Federal officials Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Information networks Information technology Labor and Employment Minorities Native Americans Police communication systems Rating of employees Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Terrorism Emergency Management 00 2006-03-16 Introduced in House 2006-05-12T18:49:06Z Homeland Security Information Sharing Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Information and Analysis to implement a Homeland Security Advisory System to provide advisories and alerts regarding threats to homeland security. Requires such an advisory or alert to: (1) include information on protective measures and countermeasures; (2) be limited in scope to a specific region, locality, or economic sector; and (3) not use color designations as the exclusive means of specifying threat conditions.

Directs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) integrate and standardize the information of the Department's intelligence components into a Department information-sharing environment; and (2) designate, for each such component, an information-sharing and knowledge management officer.

Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) establish Department-wide procedures for the review and analysis of information gathered from state, local, tribal, and private-sector sources; (2) develop mechanisms to provide analytical and operational feedback; (3) provide Department employees training and educational opportunities; and (4) evaluate how employees of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Department's intelligence components are utilizing homeland security information.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief Intelligence Officer, to establish a comprehensive information technology architecture for such Office.

Makes the Secretary the executive branch official responsible for disseminating homeland security-related terrorist threat information to state and local government and tribal officials and the private sector. Prohibits any federal official from issuing a homeland security-related analysis, advisory, or alert without the Secretary's approval, with exceptions.

]]> Homeland Security Information Sharing Enhancement Act of 2006 Display Title Homeland Security Information Sharing Enhancement Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance homeland security information sharing, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Homeland Security Information Sharing Enhancement Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-03-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5001ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5001ih.xml 2006-03-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.