Bill Sponsor
House Bill 2605
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Secret Service Reauthorization Act of 2017
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 23, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 23, 2017
Latest Action
May 24, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2605
Congress
115
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Primary focus of measure is criminal offenses, investigation and prosecution, procedure and sentencing; corrections and imprisonment; juvenile crime; law enforcement administration. Measures concerning terrorism may fall under Emergency Management or International Affairs policy areas.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Virginia
Democrat
Michigan
Republican
South Carolina
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Secret Service Reauthorization Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to: (1) subject the appointment of the Director of the U.S. Secret Service to the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) prohibit knowingly entering an object into any restricted building or grounds to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of government business or official functions; and (3) prohibit knowingly and willfully threatening to kill, kidnap, or harm former Vice Presidents, their spouses, or their children under age 16 or any person protected by the Secret Service under a presidential memorandum.

The Director must increase the annual number of training hours for Secret Service officers and agents.

The Director is authorized to: (1) construct facilities at the Rowley Training Center to improve the training of U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers and Secret Service agents, and (2) hire not fewer than 200 additional officers for such division and 85 additional agents for the Secret Service Presidential Protective Detail.

The Director shall adopt improved procedures for: (1) evaluating vulnerabilities in White House security and threats to persons protected by the Secret Service, and (2) evaluating the use of technology to improve such security and respond to such threats.

The Director is required to evaluate the practicability of equipping agents and officers with weapons other than those currently provided.

Provisions of the Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 requiring expenditures above a specified amount by the Secret Service for securing any non-governmental property in addition to the one non-governmental property designated by each protectee to be approved by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are replaced with provisions requiring the Secret Service to notify such committees of any such expenditures.

The Director shall establish an Ethics Program Office.

A Secret Service officer may provide armed protective services authorized by statute or pursuant to a presidential memorandum at any place where a general or special election is held.

Text (1)
Actions (5)
05/24/2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
05/24/2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
05/23/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
05/23/2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
05/23/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
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