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To provide for additional resources for the Secret Service, and to improve protections for restricted areas.

USA115th CongressHR-2605| House 
| Updated: 5/24/2017
Bob Goodlatte

Bob Goodlatte

Republican Representative

Virginia

Cosponsors (3)
Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)John Conyers (Democratic)Trey Gowdy (Republican)

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
May 23, 2017
Introduced in House
May 23, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 24, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 24, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  • May 23, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • May 23, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • May 23, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.


  • May 24, 2017
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.


  • May 24, 2017
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • HR 115-2825: DHS Authorization Act
Congressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityElections, voting, political campaign regulationExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsProtection of officials

To provide for additional resources for the Secret Service, and to improve protections for restricted areas.

USA115th CongressHR-2605| House 
| Updated: 5/24/2017
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.
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Timeline
May 23, 2017
Introduced in House
May 23, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 24, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 24, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  • May 23, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • May 23, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • May 23, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.


  • May 24, 2017
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.


  • May 24, 2017
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Bob Goodlatte

Bob Goodlatte

Republican Representative

Virginia

Cosponsors (3)
Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)John Conyers (Democratic)Trey Gowdy (Republican)

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • HR 115-2825: DHS Authorization Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityElections, voting, political campaign regulationExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsProtection of officials