H.R. 7436 — Department of Homeland Security Intelligence and Analysis Training Act

This section amends Section 201 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 by inserting new subsection (f), effective one year after enactment, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, to implement standardized training curricula for employees of the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), which integrates intelligence to support homeland security operations and shares it with state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners. The required training includes the following: (1) standardized entry-level basic intelligence training for specified new hires, employees with two years or less tenure, and those below GS-12 (or equivalent), to commence within 90 days of start date and before official duties begin, covering civil rights, civil liberties, privacy rights under the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), and other laws; (2) for new analytic hires, training on I&A's mission and intelligence community analytic standards (i.e., methodologies, sourcing, writing standards, and competencies); (3) for new open source intelligence collection hires, training on collection principles within privacy and civil liberties parameters, data management protocols, and relevant standards; (4) development of specialized and advanced training (e.g., raw intelligence release authority), with quarterly public lists of available courses from the intelligence community and Department of Defense; and (5) a system to track employee training completion across DHS, intelligence community, and Department of Defense sources. The Secretary may extend such training to other DHS intelligence components. Not later than two years after enactment and annually thereafter for five years, the Under Secretary must report to appropriate congressional committees on implementation, including curricula descriptions and completion metrics.