5. Department of Homeland Security · Notable · Needs Congress
Strip Senate-confirmation requirements from lower-level DHS positions
Printed page 136 5. Department of Homeland Security
“The department should also look to remove lower-level but nevertheless important positions that currently require Senate confirmation from the confirmation requirement, although this effort would require legislation.”
What has happened
- Not started
Congress has not removed the confirmation requirement from any DHS position. The Quote concedes the change needs legislation; none was introduced, so the Requires-Congress ladder does not leave its first rung.
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
Instrument sought: legislation removing Senate confirmation for lower-level DHS positions.
Searched, in the federal records we keep (fetched 2026-08-28): presidential documents, final rules, proposed rules and notices in the Federal Register, filtered to DHS and its components; bills in Congress and public laws, from congress.gov; White House presidential actions; and federal court dockets (CourtListener), including the bulk snapshot of 1.2 million dockets. No bill stripping confirmation requirements from DHS positions was found.
- Action
- eliminate
- Object
- Senate confirmation requirement for lower-level DHS positions
- ID
- 283