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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10284 

To transfer certain responsibilities of the United States Secret Service to 

the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 4, 2024 

Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. CRANE, and Mr. MILLS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To transfer certain responsibilities of the United States 

Secret Service to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secret Service 

5 Prioritization Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this Act, there 

8 shall be transferred to the Director of the Federal Bureau 

9 of Investigation the assets, functions, and obligations of 


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1 the United States Secret Service to detect and arrest any 

2 person who violates— 

3 (1) section 508, 509, or 510 of title 18, United 

4 States Code, or, with respect to the Federal Deposit 

5 Insurance Corporation, Federal land banks, and 

6 Federal land bank associations, section 213, 433, 

7 493, 657, 709, 1006, 1007, 1011, 1013, 1014, 

8 1907, or 1909 of such title; 

9 (2) any of the laws of the United States relat10 ing to coins, obligations, and securities of the United 

11 States and of foreign governments; or 

12 (3) any of the laws of the United States relat13 ing to electronic fund transfer frauds, access device 

14 frauds, false identification documents or devices, and 

15 any fraud or other criminal or unlawful activity in 

16 or against any federally insured financial institution, 

17 except that the authority conferred by this para18 graph shall be exercised subject to the agreement of 

19 the Attorney General and the Director of the Fed20 eral Bureau of Investigation and shall not affect the 

21 authority of any other Federal law enforcement 

22 agency with respect to those laws. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of 

24 section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

25 to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(b) Under the direction of the Secretary of Home2 land Security, the Secret Service is authorized to detect 

3 and arrest any person who violates section 871 and 879 

4 of this title.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITIES. 

6 (a) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE BY OFFICIALS.— 

7 Until functions and obligations of the United States Se8 cret Service are transferred to the Federal Bureau of In9 vestigation under section 2, any official who, immediately 

10 before the effective date of this Act, has authority over 

11 or is responsible for functions relating to the United 

12 States Secret Service shall provide to the Director of the 

13 Federal Bureau of Investigation such assistance, including 

14 the use of personnel and assets, as the Director of the 

15 Federal Bureau of Investigation may request in preparing 

16 for the transfer and integration of the functions and obli17 gations of the United States Secret Service transferred 

18 under section 2 into the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

19 (b) SERVICES AND PERSONNEL.—During the period 

20 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 

21 on the effective date of this Act, upon the request of the 

22 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the head 

23 of any executive agency may, on a reimbursable basis, pro24 vide services or detail personnel to assist with the transi25 tion. 


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1 (c) TRANSFER OF OBLIGATIONS AND FUNCTIONS.— 

2 Upon the transfer of the functions and obligations of the 

3 United States Secret Service under section 2 to the Fed4 eral Bureau of Investigation— 

5 (1) the assets held by or available in connection 

6 with the United States Secret Service shall be trans7 ferred to the Director of the Federal Bureau of In8 vestigation for appropriate allocation, subject to the 

9 approval of the Director of the Office of Manage10 ment and Budget and in accordance with section 

11 1531(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code; and 

12 (2) the Director of the Federal Bureau of In13 vestigation shall have all functions and obligations 

14 relating to the United States Secret Service that any 

15 other official could by law exercise in relation to the 

16 United States Secret Service immediately before 

17 such transfer, including all such functions vested in 

18 the Secretary of Homeland Security by the Home19 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) or 

20 any other law. 

21 SEC. 4. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 

22 (a) COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any completed administra24 tive action of the United States Secret Service shall 

25 not be affected by the enactment of this Act or the 


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1 transfer of United States Secret Service functions 

2 and obligations to the Federal Bureau of Investiga3 tion under section 2, but shall continue in effect ac4 cording to the terms of the completed administrative 

5 action until the completed administrative action is 

6 amended, modified, superseded, terminated, set 

7 aside, or revoked in accordance with law by an office 

8 of the United States or a court of competent juris9 diction, or by operation of law. 

10 (2) COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION DE11 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘completed ad12 ministrative action’’ includes an order, a determina13 tion, a rule, a regulation, a personnel action, a per14 mit, an agreement, a grant, a contract, a certificate, 

15 a license, a registration, and a privilege. 

16 (3) PENDING PROCEEDINGS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Any pending pro18 ceeding in the United States Secret Service re19 lating to functions or obligations transferred 

20 under this Act, including a notice of proposed 

21 rulemaking and an application for a license, 

22 permit, certificate, grant, or financial assist23 ance, shall continue notwithstanding the enact24 ment of this Act or the transfer of United 

25 States Secret Service functions and obligations 


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1 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation under 

2 section 2, unless the pending proceeding is dis3 continued or modified under the same terms 

4 and conditions and to the same extent that 

5 such discontinuance could have occurred if such 

6 enactment or transfer had not occurred. 

7 (B) ORDERS.—Any orders issued in a pro8 ceeding described in subparagraph (A), or an 

9 appeal therefrom and any payment made pursu10 ant to such an order, shall issue in the same 

11 manner and on the same terms if this Act had 

12 not been enacted or the United States Secret 

13 Service functions and obligations transferred 

14 under section 2 of this Act had not been trans15 ferred, and the order shall continue in effect 

16 until amended, modified, superseded, termi17 nated, set aside, or revoked by an office of the 

18 United States or a court of competent jurisdic19 tion, or by operation of law. 

20 (4) PENDING CIVIL ACTIONS.—Any pending 

21 civil actions shall continue notwithstanding the en22 actment of this Act or the transfer of United States 

23 Secret Service functions and obligations to the Fed24 eral Bureau of Investigation under section 2, and in 

25 the pending civil action, proceedings shall be had, 


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1 appeals taken, and judgments rendered and enforced 

2 in the same manner and with the same effect as if 

3 such enactment or transfer had not occurred. 

4 (5) REFERENCES.—Any reference relating to 

5 United States Secret Service functions and obliga6 tions transferred to the Federal Bureau of Investiga7 tion under section 2, in a statute, an Executive 

8 order, a rule, a regulation, a directive, or a delega9 tion of authority that proceeds such transfer or the 

10 effective date of this Act shall be deemed to refer, 

11 as appropriate, to the Federal Bureau of Investiga12 tion and the United States Secret Service, to its offi13 cers, employees, or agents, or to its corresponding 

14 organizational units or functions. 

15 (b) EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS.— 

16 (1) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Fed17 eral Bureau of Investigation may, in regulations pre18 scribed jointly with the Director of the Office of Per19 sonnel Management, adopt the rule, procedures, 

20 terms, and conditions established by statute, rule, or 

21 regulation before the effective date of this Act relat22 ing to employment in the United States Secret Serv23 ice to perform functions and obligations transferred 

24 in section 2 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 


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1 (2) DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY.—The Director of 

2 the Federal Bureau of Investigation may appoint, 

3 without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of 

4 chapter 33 (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of 

5 such chapter) of title 5, United States Code, quali6 fied candidates to any positions in the competitive 

7 service to fulfill the functions and obligations trans8 ferred under section 2. 

9 (1) STATUTORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 Any statutory reporting requirement that applied to 

11 the United States Secret Service with respect to any 

12 functions and obligations transferred to the Federal 

13 Bureau of Investigation under section 2 shall con14 tinue to apply following that transfer if the statutory 

15 requirement includes an explicit reference to the 

16 United States Secret Service and the functions and 

17 obligations transferred under section 2. 

18 SEC. 5. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS. 

19 The Director of the Office of Management and Budg20 et, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau 

21 of Investigation, is authorized and directed to make such 

22 additional incidental disposition of personnel, assets, and 

23 liabilities held, used, arising from, available, or to be made 

24 available, in connection with the functions transferred by 


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1 this Act, as the Director determines necessary to accom2 plish the purposes of this Act. 

3 SEC. 6. REFERENCES. 

4 With respect to any function transferred by this Act 

5 and exercised on or after the effective date of this Act, 

6 any reference in any other Federal law to United States 

7 Secret Service with respect to functions and obligations 

8 transferred under section 2 shall be deemed to refer to 

9 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the 

10 official or component of the Federal Bureau of Investiga11 tion to which such function or obligation is so transferred. 

12 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

14 subsection (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 

15 Act shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act. 

17 (b) TRANSITION PERIOD.—Any action authorized to 

18 be taken under subsection (a) or (b) of section 3 may be 

19 taken beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 

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