DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-03-19 — DHS Use of Force Transparency Act of 2026: cross-connection with dhs-use-of-force-transparency-act: Overlapping DHS oversight architecture — CRCL authorization empowers the internal civil rights office that would likely receive or review use-of-force transparency data. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-22 — A bill to establish the Office of the Ombudsperson for Immigrant Children in Immigration Custody, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with ombudsperson-immigrant-children-custody: Both create or reinforce internal DHS-adjacent oversight bodies; the ombudsperson would focus specifically on child detainees where CRCL has broader civil rights jurisdiction. (novelty: 3)
2026-07-02 — Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act: HR9579 introduced to statutorily authorize the existing DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. (novelty: 2)