# H.R. 901 (119th): Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act

Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act This bill requires the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a department-wide policy for safeguarding research and development from unauthorized access or disclosures of sensitive information in related acquisitions. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on the compliance of DHS with a 2021 presidential memorandum and related guidance that required certain disclosures about government-funded research and development (e.g., conflicts of interest involving foreign governments).

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: accountability. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: government_accountability. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: government_transparency. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: research_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 64: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill combines ordinary prudential goods (protecting sensitive research, improving accountability, and requiring disclosure of foreign conflicts of interest) with administrative mechanics whose effects are modest and not clearly morally weighted. It does not directly advance a named evil or directly restrain one, so it falls under mixed/prudential rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The measure concerns the stewardship of sensitive government research and the honest disclosure of conflicts of interest, which bear on truthfulness, faithful use of public trust, and prudent protection of national resources. Its moral relevance is indirect: it does not itself advance or restrain a named moral harm, and its main effects are administrative safeguards and reporting.

## Recorded votes

Roll 64: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 410 · Nay 1 · Other 21.

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