HR 7443 United States House · 119th Congress

I&A Mission Reorientation Act of 2026

HR 7443, the I&A Mission Reorientation Act of 2026, requires the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) to prioritize supporting state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and private sector entities with timely intelligence. The bill mandates two-way information sharing (receiving from and sharing with these entities), maintains engagement with fusion centers, and ensures DHS leadership support doesn’t undermine this mission. It directs the I&A office to identify emerging threats through forward-deployed capabilities and report to Congress within 180 days on implementation progress and metrics for evaluating effectiveness. This bill directly affects DHS’s intelligence operations and the entities receiving their support, focusing on operational realignment rather than new funding or penalties.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Sep 2026

House Passage

Sep 2026

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Feb 9, 2026 Last action Sep 16, 2026

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Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 3 edits · Sep 16, 2026

MINOR

The engrossed version of HR 7443 makes two substantive policy changes from the introduced version: it lowers the standard for how the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis must prioritize its support to state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments (from 'equally' to 'sufficiently' prioritized and resourced relative to intelligence community support), and it adds a proficiency requirement for fusion center engagement. A minor typo was also corrected.

REQUIREMENT

The standard for how the Office of Intelligence and Analysis must prioritize and resource its support to state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments was changed from 'equally prioritized and resourced' to 'sufficiently prioritized and resourced' relative to support provided to elements of the intelligence community. This lowers the bar from requiring parity with intelligence community support to only requiring adequate support.

The requirement for engagement with fusion centers was changed from 'robust and sustained engagement' to 'robust, proficient, and sustained engagement,' adding a quality or competence dimension to the engagement standard.

TECHNICAL

A typo in the reporting requirements section was corrected: 'activitiese' was fixed to 'activities.'

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Sep 16, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

upper

Sep 16, 2026

Introduced

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5903)

lower

Sep 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

lower

Sep 16, 2026

Introduced

Mr. Van Epps moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Sep 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-829.

lower

Jun 24, 2026

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 0.

lower

Jun 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

May 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

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May 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

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Feb 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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Feb 9, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors