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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10284 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 A BILL

 
   To transfer certain responsibilities of the United States Secret 
            Service to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secret Service Prioritization Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED.

    (a) In General.--In accordance with this Act, there shall be 
transferred to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation the 
assets, functions, and obligations of the United States Secret Service 
to detect and arrest any person who violates--
            (1) section 508, 509, or 510 of title 18, United States 
        Code, or, with respect to the Federal Deposit Insurance 
        Corporation, Federal land banks, and Federal land bank 
        associations, section 213, 433, 493, 657, 709, 1006, 1007, 
        1011, 1013, 1014, 1907, or 1909 of such title;
            (2) any of the laws of the United States relating to coins, 
        obligations, and securities of the United States and of foreign 
        governments; or
            (3) any of the laws of the United States relating to 
        electronic fund transfer frauds, access device frauds, false 
        identification documents or devices, and any fraud or other 
        criminal or unlawful activity in or against any federally 
        insured financial institution, except that the authority 
        conferred by this paragraph shall be exercised subject to the 
        agreement of the Attorney General and the Director of the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation and shall not affect the 
        authority of any other Federal law enforcement agency with 
        respect to those laws.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of section 3056 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
the Secret Service is authorized to detect and arrest any person who 
violates section 871 and 879 of this title.''.

SEC. 3. TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITIES.

    (a) Provision of Assistance by Officials.--Until functions and 
obligations of the United States Secret Service are transferred to the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation under section 2, any official who, 
immediately before the effective date of this Act, has authority over 
or is responsible for functions relating to the United States Secret 
Service shall provide to the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation such assistance, including the use of personnel and 
assets, as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may 
request in preparing for the transfer and integration of the functions 
and obligations of the United States Secret Service transferred under 
section 2 into the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
    (b) Services and Personnel.--During the period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act and ending on the effective date of this 
Act, upon the request of the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, the head of any executive agency may, on a reimbursable 
basis, provide services or detail personnel to assist with the 
transition.
    (c) Transfer of Obligations and Functions.--Upon the transfer of 
the functions and obligations of the United States Secret Service under 
section 2 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation--
            (1) the assets held by or available in connection with the 
        United States Secret Service shall be transferred to the 
        Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for appropriate 
        allocation, subject to the approval of the Director of the 
        Office of Management and Budget and in accordance with section 
        1531(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code; and
            (2) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
        shall have all functions and obligations relating to the United 
        States Secret Service that any other official could by law 
        exercise in relation to the United States Secret Service 
        immediately before such transfer, including all such functions 
        vested in the Secretary of Homeland Security by the Homeland 
        Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) or any other law.

SEC. 4. SAVINGS PROVISIONS.

    (a) Completed Administrative Actions.--
            (1) In general.--Any completed administrative action of the 
        United States Secret Service shall not be affected by the 
        enactment of this Act or the transfer of United States Secret 
        Service functions and obligations to the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation under section 2, but shall continue in effect 
        according to the terms of the completed administrative action 
        until the completed administrative action is amended, modified, 
        superseded, terminated, set aside, or revoked in accordance 
        with law by an office of the United States or a court of 
        competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
            (2) Completed administrative action defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``completed administrative action'' 
        includes an order, a determination, a rule, a regulation, a 
        personnel action, a permit, an agreement, a grant, a contract, 
        a certificate, a license, a registration, and a privilege.
            (3) Pending proceedings.--
                    (A) In general.--Any pending proceeding in the 
                United States Secret Service relating to functions or 
                obligations transferred under this Act, including a 
                notice of proposed rulemaking and an application for a 
                license, permit, certificate, grant, or financial 
                assistance, shall continue notwithstanding the 
                enactment of this Act or the transfer of United States 
                Secret Service functions and obligations to the Federal 
                Bureau of Investigation under section 2, unless the 
                pending proceeding is discontinued or modified under 
                the same terms and conditions and to the same extent 
                that such discontinuance could have occurred if such 
                enactment or transfer had not occurred.
                    (B) Orders.--Any orders issued in a proceeding 
                described in subparagraph (A), or an appeal therefrom 
                and any payment made pursuant to such an order, shall 
                issue in the same manner and on the same terms if this 
                Act had not been enacted or the United States Secret 
                Service functions and obligations transferred under 
                section 2 of this Act had not been transferred, and the 
                order shall continue in effect until amended, modified, 
                superseded, terminated, set aside, or revoked by an 
                office of the United States or a court of competent 
                jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
            (4) Pending civil actions.--Any pending civil actions shall 
        continue notwithstanding the enactment of this Act or the 
        transfer of United States Secret Service functions and 
        obligations to the Federal Bureau of Investigation under 
        section 2, and in the pending civil action, proceedings shall 
        be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered and enforced in 
        the same manner and with the same effect as if such enactment 
        or transfer had not occurred.
            (5) References.--Any reference relating to United States 
        Secret Service functions and obligations transferred to the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation under section 2, in a statute, 
        an Executive order, a rule, a regulation, a directive, or a 
        delegation of authority that proceeds such transfer or the 
        effective date of this Act shall be deemed to refer, as 
        appropriate, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the 
        United States Secret Service, to its officers, employees, or 
        agents, or to its corresponding organizational units or 
        functions.
    (b) Employment Provisions.--
            (1) Regulations.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation may, in regulations prescribed jointly with the 
        Director of the Office of Personnel Management, adopt the rule, 
        procedures, terms, and conditions established by statute, rule, 
        or regulation before the effective date of this Act relating to 
        employment in the United States Secret Service to perform 
        functions and obligations transferred in section 2 to the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation.
            (2) Direct hire authority.--The Director of the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation may appoint, without regard to the 
        provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 (other than sections 
        3303 and 3328 of such chapter) of title 5, United States Code, 
        qualified candidates to any positions in the competitive 
        service to fulfill the functions and obligations transferred 
        under section 2.
            (1) Statutory reporting requirements.--Any statutory 
        reporting requirement that applied to the United States Secret 
        Service with respect to any functions and obligations 
        transferred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation under 
        section 2 shall continue to apply following that transfer if 
        the statutory requirement includes an explicit reference to the 
        United States Secret Service and the functions and obligations 
        transferred under section 2.

SEC. 5. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.

     The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
is authorized and directed to make such additional incidental 
disposition of personnel, assets, and liabilities held, used, arising 
from, available, or to be made available, in connection with the 
functions transferred by this Act, as the Director determines necessary 
to accomplish the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 6. REFERENCES.

     With respect to any function transferred by this Act and exercised 
on or after the effective date of this Act, any reference in any other 
Federal law to United States Secret Service with respect to functions 
and obligations transferred under section 2 shall be deemed to refer to 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the official or 
component of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to which such function 
or obligation is so transferred.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 
date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Transition Period.--Any action authorized to be taken under 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 3 may be taken beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act.
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