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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7145 

To transfer the United States Secret Service to the Department of the 

Treasury. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 8, 2020 

Mr. WILLIAMS (for himself and Mr. HECK) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 

Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To transfer the United States Secret Service to the 

Department of the Treasury. 

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 ‘‘United States Secret 

5 Service Mission Improvement and Realignment Act of 

6 2020’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED. 

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

9 shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury the 


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1 functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the United 

2 States Secret Service, including the functions of the Sec3 retary of Homeland Security relating thereto. 

4 (b) DISTINCT ENTITY.—The United States Secret 

5 Service shall be maintained as a distinct entity within the 

6 Department of the Treasury. 

7 SEC. 3. TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITIES. 

8 (a) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE BY OFFICIALS.— 

9 Until the transfer of the United States Secret Service to 

10 the Department of the Treasury, any official having au11 thority over or functions relating to the United States Se12 cret Service immediately before the date of enactment of 

13 this Act shall provide to the Secretary of the Treasury 

14 such assistance, including the use of personnel and assets, 

15 as the Secretary of the Treasury may request in preparing 

16 for the transfer and integration of the United States Se17 cret Service into the Department of the Treasury. 

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

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

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

21 Secretary of the Treasury, the head of any executive agen22 cy may, on a reimbursable basis, provide services or detail 

23 personnel to assist with the transition. 

24 (c) TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL, ASSETS, OBLIGA25 TIONS, AND FUNCTIONS.—Upon the transfer of the 


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1 United States Secret Service to the Department of the 

2 Treasury— 

3 (1) the personnel, assets, and obligations held 

4 by or available in connection with the United States 

5 Secret Service shall be transferred to the Secretary 

6 of the Treasury for appropriate allocation, subject to 

7 the approval of the Director of the Office of Man8 agement and Budget and in accordance with section 

9 1531(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code; and 

10 (2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall have all 

11 functions relating to the United States Secret Serv12 ice that any other official could by law exercise in 

13 relation to the United States Secret Service imme14 diately before such transfer, including all such func15 tions vested in the Secretary of Homeland Security 

16 by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

17 101 et seq.) or any other law. 

18 SEC. 4. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 

19 (a) COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any completed administra21 tive action of the United States Secret Service shall 

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

23 transfer of the United States Secret Service to the 

24 Department of the Treasury, but shall continue in 

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1 ministrative action until the completed administra2 tive action is amended, modified, superseded, termi3 nated, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law 

4 by an officer of the United States or a court of com5 petent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. 

6 (2) COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION DE7 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘completed ad8 ministrative action’’ includes an order, a determina9 tion, a rule, a regulation, a personnel action, a per10 mit, an agreement, a grant, a contract, a certificate, 

11 a license, a registration, and a privilege. 

12 (b) PENDING PROCEEDINGS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any pending proceeding in 

14 the United States Secret Service, including a notice 

15 of proposed rulemaking and an application for a li16 cense, permit, certificate, grant, or financial assist17 ance, shall continue notwithstanding the enactment 

18 of this Act or the transfer of the United States Se19 cret Service to the Department of the Treasury, un20 less the pending proceeding is discontinued or modi21 fied under the same terms and conditions and to the 

22 same extent that such discontinuance could have oc23 curred if such enactment or transfer had not oc24 curred. 


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1 (2) ORDERS.—Any order issued in a proceeding 

2 described in paragraph (1), or an appeal therefrom, 

3 and any payment made pursuant to such an order, 

4 shall issue in the same manner and on the same 

5 terms as if this Act had not been enacted or the 

6 United States Secret Service had not been trans7 ferred, and the order shall continue in effect until 

8 amended, modified, superseded, terminated, set 

9 aside, or revoked by an officer of the United States 

10 or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation 

11 of law. 

12 (c) PENDING CIVIL ACTIONS.—Any pending civil ac13 tion shall continue notwithstanding the enactment of this 

14 Act or the transfer of the United States Secret Service 

15 to the Department of the Treasury, and in the pending 

16 civil action, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and 

17 judgments rendered and enforced in the same manner and 

18 with the same effect as if such enactment or transfer had 

19 not occurred. 

20 (d) REFERENCES.—Any reference relating to the 

21 United States Secret Service in a statute, an Executive 

22 order, a rule, a regulation, a directive, or a delegation of 

23 authority that precedes such transfer or the effective date 

24 of this Act shall be deemed to refer, as appropriate, to 

25 the Department of the Treasury and the United States 


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1 Secret Service, to its officers, employees, or agents, or to 

2 its corresponding organizational units or functions. 

3 (e) EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS.— 

4 (1) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the 

5 Treasury may, in regulations prescribed jointly with 

6 the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 

7 adopt the rules, procedures, terms, and conditions 

8 established by statute, rule, or regulation before the 

9 effective date of this Act relating to employment in 

10 the United States Secret Service transferred to the 

11 Department of the Treasury by this Act. 

12 (2) EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON CONDITIONS OF

13 EMPLOYMENT.—Except as otherwise provided in this 

14 Act, or under authority granted by this Act, the 

15 transfer pursuant to this Act of personnel shall not 

16 alter the terms and conditions of employment, in17 cluding compensation, of any employee so trans18 ferred. 

19 (f) STATUTORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Any 

20 statutory reporting requirement that applied to the United 

21 States Secret Service transferred to the Department of 

22 Treasury by this Act immediately before the date of enact23 ment of this Act shall continue to apply following that 

24 transfer if the statutory requirement refers to the United 

25 States Secret Service by name. 


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1 SEC. 5. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS. 

2 The Director of the Office of Management and Budg3 et, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, is 

4 authorized and directed to make such additional incidental 

5 dispositions of personnel, assets, and liabilities held, used, 

6 arising from, available, or to be made available, in connec7 tion with the functions transferred by this Act, as the Di8 rector determines necessary to accomplish the purposes of 

9 this Act. 

10 SEC. 6. REFERENCES. 

11 With respect to any function transferred by this Act 

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

13 any reference in any other Federal law to the United 

14 States Secret Service or any officer or office the functions 

15 of which are so transferred shall be deemed to refer to 

16 the Secretary of the Treasury or the official or component 

17 of the Department of the Treasury to which such function 

18 is so transferred. 

19 SEC. 7. REPORT ON EXPENDITURES FOR THE PURPOSE OF 

20 PROVIDING PROTECTION DURING THE 

21 COURSE OF TRAVEL. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

23 (1) the term ‘‘covered travel’’— 

24 (A) means any trip by a protected indi25 vidual with a stop at a location that is not 


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1 owned or controlled by the Federal Government; 

2 and 

3 (B) includes any trip described in subpara4 graph (A) that is outside of the United States; 

5 (2) the term ‘‘immediate family’’ does not in6 clude any child under the age of 26; 

7 (3) the term ‘‘incidental expenditure’’— 

8 (A) means a travel expenditure incurred by 

9 United States Secret Service personnel and re10 imbursed by the United States Secret Service; 

11 and 

12 (B) does not include expenditures de13 scribed in clauses (i) or (ii) of subsection 

14 (b)(1)(E); 

15 (4) the term ‘‘protected individual’’ means the 

16 President, the Vice President, and members of the 

17 immediate family of the President and Vice Presi18 dent during the period for which a report is sub19 mitted under subsection (b); 

20 (5) the term ‘‘travel expenditure’’— 

21 (A) means any expenditure of funds by the 

22 United States Secret Service for the purpose of 

23 providing protection to a protected individual 

24 during the course of covered travel; 


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1 (B) includes any expenditure incurred by 

2 an Executive department or agency for the pur3 pose of providing protection to a protected indi4 vidual during the course of covered travel and 

5 reimbursed by the United States Secret Service; 

6 and 

7 (C) does not include any expenditure for— 

8 (i) the pay of United States Secret 

9 Service personnel; 

10 (ii) the operation or maintenance of 

11 any permanent protective asset; or 

12 (iii) incidental expenditures. 

13 (b) REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of each 

14 year, the Director of the United States Secret Service shall 

15 submit to the committees listed in section 9 of the Presi16 dential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 

17 3056 note), an annual report that, with respect to the pre18 vious fiscal year, includes, at a minimum— 

19 (1) for each instance of covered travel, a state20 ment of— 

21 (A) the protected individual or protected 

22 individuals, if more than 1 protected individual 

23 is traveling; 

24 (B) the dates of departure and return; 


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1 (C) each city and State or, if outside of the 

2 United States, city and country, visited; 

3 (D) the total amount of travel expendi4 tures; 

5 (E)(i) the total amount of expenditures for 

6 operational costs, including the cost of using— 

7 (I) any asset to transport a protected 

8 individual; or 

9 (II) any space and facility for oper10 ational purposes; and 

11 (ii) the total amount of expenditures for 

12 transportation, lodging, and per diem; and 

13 (F) the name of and amount paid to— 

14 (i) if the total amount paid is greater 

15 than $5,000, any individual who is not an 

16 employee of the Federal Government or a 

17 foreign government; and 

18 (ii) if the total amount paid is greater 

19 than $5,000, any entity that is not an enti20 ty of the Federal Government or a foreign 

21 government; and 

22 (2) for each protected individual, the total 

23 amount of incidental expenditures incurred for the 

24 purpose of providing protection to the protected indi25 vidual during the reporting period. 


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1 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub2 section (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

3 may include a nonpublic annex for information reported 

4 under subsection (b)(1)(F) that the United States Secret 

5 Service determines could harm the protective mission if 

6 publicly disclosed and classified information. The non7 public annex and any draft of the annex shall be exempt 

8 from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States 

9 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of Information 

10 Act’’). 

11 SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

12 (a) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—The 

13 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) in section 2(11) (6 U.S.C. 101(11)), by 

16 striking ‘‘except—’’ and all that follows through 

17 ‘‘the Coast Guard, when’’ and inserting ‘‘except the 

18 Coast Guard, when’’; 

19 (2) in section 103(d) (6 U.S.C. 113(d))— 

20 (A) by striking paragraph (1); and 

21 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

22 through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), re23 spectively; 

24 (3) in section 210G (6 U.S.C. 124n)— 

25 (A) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘the Secretary and the 

2 Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec3 retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary 

4 of the Treasury, and the Attorney Gen5 eral’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Secretary or’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Se8 curity, the Secretary of the Treasury, or’’; 

9 (B) in subsection (b)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘The 

11 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of 

12 Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 

13 Treasury,’’; 

14 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘The 

15 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of 

16 Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 

17 Treasury,’’; and 

18 (iii) in paragraph (4), by striking 

19 ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec20 retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary 

21 of the Treasury,’’; 

22 (C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the Sec23 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Home24 land Security, the Secretary of the Treasury,’’; 

25 (D) in subsection (d)— 


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1 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The 

2 Secretary,’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary 

3 of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 

4 Treasury,’’; and 

5 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik7 ing ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Security, 

9 the Secretary of the Treasury,’’; and 

10 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

11 striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Se13 curity, the Secretary of the Treas14 ury,’’; 

15 (E) in subsection (e)— 

16 (i) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, 

17 the Secretary of the Treasury,’’ after ‘‘the 

18 Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 

19 (ii) in paragraph (4)— 

20 (I) in the matter preceding sub21 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, the De22 partment of the Treasury,’’ after ‘‘De23 partment of Homeland Security’’; and 

24 (II) in subparagraph (C)— 


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1 (aa) by striking ‘‘and the 

2 Department of Justice’’ and in3 serting ‘‘, the Department of the 

4 Treasury, and the Department of 

5 Justice, or any combination of 

6 those agencies,’’; and 

7 (bb) by striking ‘‘either 

8 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘any such 

9 agencies’’; and 

10 (iii) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, 

11 the Department of the Treasury,’’ after 

12 ‘‘Department of Homeland Security’’; 

13 (F) in subsection (f), in the first sen14 tence— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Se17 curity, the Secretary of the Treasury,’’; 

18 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, treasury,’’ after 

19 ‘‘homeland security’’; and 

20 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, the Department of 

21 the Treasury,’’ after ‘‘Department of 

22 Homeland Security’’; 

23 (G) in subsection (g)— 

24 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 

25 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 


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1 Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 

2 Treasury,’’; 

3 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (I) in subparagraph (E), by in5 serting ‘‘, the Department of the 

6 Treasury,’’ after ‘‘Department of Jus7 tice’’; 

8 (II) in subparagraph (F), by 

9 striking ‘‘how the Secretary,’’ and in10 serting ‘‘how the Secretary of Home11 land Security, the Secretary of the 

12 Treasury,’’; and 

13 (III) in subparagraph (G), by 

14 striking ‘‘how the Secretary,’’ and in15 serting ‘‘how the Secretary of Home16 land Security, the Secretary of the 

17 Treasury,’’; and 

18 (iii) in paragraph (5), in the first sen19 tence, by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and in20 serting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Secu21 rity, the Secretary of the Treasury,’’; 

22 (H) in subsection (h)— 

23 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 

24 Secretary or’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary 


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1 of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 

2 Treasury, or’’; 

3 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 

4 Secretary or’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary 

5 of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 

6 Treasury, or’’; 

7 (iii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or 

8 the Secretary of the Treasury’’ after ‘‘At9 torney General’’; 

10 (iv) in paragraph (4)— 

11 (I) by inserting ‘‘or the Secretary 

12 of the Treasury’’ after ‘‘the Secretary 

13 of Homeland Security’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and insert15 ing a semicolon; 

16 (v) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

17 paragraph (6); 

18 (vi) by inserting after paragraph (4) 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(5) vest in the Secretary of the Treasury any 

21 authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security or 

22 the Attorney General; or’’; and 

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1 (I) by striking ‘‘the Secretary or’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

3 Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

4 the Treasury, or the’’; and 

5 (II) by striking ‘‘the Secretary 

6 and’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

7 Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

8 the Treasury, and the’’; 

9 (I) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘the Sec10 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Home11 land Security, the Secretary of the Treasury,’’; 

12 (J) in subsection (k)— 

13 (i) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (I) in subparagraph (A)— 

15 (aa) by striking ‘‘the Sec16 retary or’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

17 Secretary of Homeland Security, 

18 the Secretary of the Treasury, 

19 or’’; and 

20 (bb) by striking ‘‘subpara21 graph (C)(i)(II) and (C)(iii)(I)’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘clauses (iii) and 

23 (iv)(I) of subparagraph (C)’’; 

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1 (aa) in the matter preceding 

2 clause (i), by striking ‘‘one’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘1’’; 

4 (bb) in clause (i)— 

5 (AA) in the matter pre6 ceding subclause (I), by in7 serting ‘‘of Homeland Secu8 rity’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; 

9 (BB) in subclause (I), 

10 by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

11 (CC) by striking sub12 clause (II); and 

13 (DD) by redesignating 

14 subclause (III) as subclause 

15 (II); 

16 (cc) by redesignating clauses 

17 (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and 

18 (v), respectively; 

19 (dd) by inserting after 

20 clause (ii) the following: 

21 ‘‘(iii) missions authorized to be per22 formed by the Department of the Treas23 ury, consistent with governing statutes, 

24 regulations, and orders issued by the Sec25 retary of the Treasury pertaining to 


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1 United States Secret Service protection op2 erations pursuant to sections 3056(a) and 

3 3056A(a) of title 18, United States Code, 

4 and the Presidential Protection Assistance 

5 Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note);’’; 

6 (ee) in clause (iv), as so re7 designated, in the matter pre8 ceding subclause (I)— 

9 (AA) by inserting ‘‘, the 

10 Department of the Treas11 ury,’’ after ‘‘Department of 

12 Homeland Security’’; and 

13 (BB) by striking ‘‘the 

14 Secretary or’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland 

16 Security, the Secretary of 

17 the Treasury, or’’; and 

18 (ff) in clause (v), as so re19 designated— 

20 (AA) by striking 

21 ‘‘clause (iii)’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘clause (iv)’’; and 

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1 retary of Homeland Secu2 rity,’’; 

3 (ii) in paragraph (5)— 

4 (I) by inserting ‘‘, treasury,’’ 

5 after ‘‘homeland security’’; 

6 (II) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

8 Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

9 the Treasury,’’; and 

10 (III) by inserting ‘‘, respec11 tively,’’ after ‘‘Attorney General’’; 

12 (iii) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, 

13 the Department of the Treasury,’’ after 

14 ‘‘Department of Homeland Security’’; and 

15 (iv) in paragraph (8), in the matter 

16 preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 

17 ‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec18 retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary 

19 of the Treasury,’’; and 

20 (K) in subsection (l)(1), in the matter pre21 ceding subparagraph (A)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘Secretary shall’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security 

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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, the Secretary of 

2 the Treasury,’’ after ‘‘Attorney General’’; 

3 and 

4 (4) in section 875(d)(1) (6 U.S.C. 455(d)(1)), 

5 in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the Secret Service 

6 or’’. 

7 (b) TITLE 18.—Chapter 203 of title 18, United 

8 States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in section 3056, in subsections (a), (b), (c), 

10 (e)(1), (f), and (g), by striking ‘‘of Homeland Secu11 rity’’ each place that term appears and inserting ‘‘of 

12 the Treasury’’; and 

13 (2) in section 3056A— 

14 (A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre15 ceding paragraph (1), in the second sentence, 

16 by striking ‘‘of Homeland Security’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘of the Treasury’’; and 

18 (B) in subsection (d), in the first and sec19 ond sentences, by striking ‘‘of Homeland Secu20 rity’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Treasury’’. 

21 (c) TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is amend22 ed— 

23 (1) in section 6324(b)(3), by striking ‘‘of 

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1 (2) in section 10201(2), by striking ‘‘the De2 partment of Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

3 Treasury’’. 

4 (d) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—The In5 spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in section 8D(b)(1)— 

8 (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and 

9 by the Office of Professional Responsibility of 

10 the United States Secret Service’’ after ‘‘Trade 

11 Bureau’’; and 

12 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

13 ‘‘The head of such’’ and inserting ‘‘The head of 

14 each such’’; and 

15 (2) in section 8I(e), in the first sentence, by 

16 striking ‘‘the Office of Inspections of the United 

17 States Secret Service,’’. 

18 (e) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPRO19 PRIATIONS ACT, 2007.—Section 532 of the Department 

20 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (6 U.S.C. 

21 382) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (d), in the first sentence, by 

23 striking ‘‘of Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘of 

24 the Treasury’’; and 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of 

2 Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘of the 

3 Treasury’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘of 

5 Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘of the 

6 Treasury’’. 

7 (f) IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 9/11 

8 COMMISSION ACT OF 2007.—Section 502 of the Imple9 menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 

10 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 121 Stat. 310) is amended by 

11 striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as 

12 subsection (b). 

13 SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

15 (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

16 take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of 

17 enactment of this Act. 

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

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

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

21 SEC. 10. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

22 Except as provided in section 8, nothing in this Act 

23 or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed 

24 to modify or amend section 3056 or 3056A of title 18, 


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1 United States Code, or the Homeland Security Act of 

2 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

5 as are necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments 

6 made by this Act. 

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