Secret Service has designated as a non-Gov-
ernmental property in accordance with the 
Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 
1976 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note); or’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) includes the airspace above any posted, 
cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); and’’. 
SEC. 3. THREATS AGAINST FORMER VICE PRESIDENTS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to au-
thorize the United States Secret Service to investigate 
threats against former Vice Presidents and their families 
for the duration of their protection by the United States 
Secret Service. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—Section 879 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) a former Vice President or a member of the 
immediate family of a former Vice President;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the wife of a former 
President during his lifetime, the widow of 
a former President until her death or re-
marriage, and minor children of a former 
President’’ and inserting ‘‘the spouse of a 
former President or former Vice President 
during the lifetime of the former President 
or former Vice President, as the case may 
be, the widow or widower of a former Presi-
dent or former Vice President until the 
death or remarriage of the widow or wid-
ower, and minor children of a former Presi-
dent or former Vice President’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a)(2) and (a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a)’’. 
SEC. 4. INCREASED TRAINING. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to re-
quire increased training for United States Secret Service 
Protective Division Agents and Uniformed Division Offi-
cers. 
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(b) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in the first full fiscal 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Secret Service shall increase the annual number of 
hours spent training by officers and agents of the United 
States Secret Service, including officers of the United States 
Secret Service Uniformed Division established under section 
3056A of title 18, United States Code, and agents operating 
pursuant to section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, 
including joint training between the two. The increased 
training hours required under this subsection shall include, 
at a minimum, the recommendations for training described 
in the United States Secret Service Protective Mission 
Panel Report, released on December 15, 2014. 
SEC. 5. TRAINING FACILITIES. 
The Director of the Secret Service is authorized to con-
struct facilities at the Rowley Training Center necessary 
to improve the training of officers of the United States Se-
cret Service Uniformed Division established under section 
3056A of title 18, United States Code, and agents of the 
United States Secret Service, operating pursuant to section 
3056 of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 6. HIRING OF ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AND AGENTS. 
The Director of the Secret Service is authorized to hire 
the number of officers for the United States Secret Service 
Uniformed Division and agents for the United States Secret 
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Service Presidential Protective Detail necessary to satisfy 
the staffing recommendations made by the United States 
Secret Service Protective Mission Panel Report, issued on 
December 15, 2014. 
SEC. 7. EVALUATION OF VULNERABILITIES AND THREATS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall devise and adopt improved procedures for identi-
fying, evaluating, and addressing vulnerabilities in the se-
curity of the White House and threats to persons protected 
by the United States Secret Service, including threats posed 
by unmanned aerial systems or explosive devices. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall report on the implementation of subsection (a) to— 
(1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; 
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives; 
(4) the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives; and 
(5) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives. 
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SEC. 8. EVALUATION OF USE OF TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Secret Service, 
in coordination with the Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology of the Department of Homeland Security, and 
other experts, shall devise and adopt improved procedures 
for— 
(1) evaluating ways in which technology may be 
used to improve the security of the White House and 
the response to threats to persons protected by the 
United States Secret Service; and 
(2) retaining evidence pertaining to the duties 
referred to in paragraph (1) for an appropriate pe-
riod of time. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Secret Service 
shall report on the implementation of subsection (a) to— 
(1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; 
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives; 
(4) the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives; and 
(5) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives. 
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SEC. 9. EVALUATION OF USE OF ADDITIONAL WEAPONRY. 
The Director of the Secret Service— 
(1) shall evaluate the practicability of equipping 
agents and officers with nonlethal weapons in addi-
tion to those provided to officers and agents of the 
United States Secret Service as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(2) may evaluate the practicability of equipping 
agents and officers with weapons beyond those pro-
vided to officers and agents of the United States Se-
cret Service as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 10. SECURITY COSTS FOR SECONDARY RESIDENCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Presidential Protection Assist-
ance Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note) is amended by strik-
ing section 4 and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 4. NOTIFICATION REGARDING EXPENDITURES ON 
NON-GOVERNMENTAL PROPERTIES. 
‘‘The Secret Service shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House and Senate, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives of any expenditures for perma-
nent facilities, equipment, and services to secure any non- 
Governmental property in addition to the one non-Govern-
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