I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 56 
To transfer certain responsibilities of the United States Secret Service to 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Mr. BIGGS of Arizona (for himself and Mr. CRANE) 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 2025’’. 
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 
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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 relat-
ing to coins, obligations, and securities of the United 
States and of foreign governments; or 
(3) any of the laws of the United States relat-
ing 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 para-
graph shall be exercised subject to the agreement of 
the Attorney General and the Director of the Fed-
eral 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: 
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‘‘(b) Under the direction of the Secretary of Home-
land 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 Se-
cret Service are transferred to the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation 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 obli-
gations 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, pro-
vide services or detail personnel to assist with the transi-
tion. 
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(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 Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation— 
(1) the assets held by or available in connection 
with the United States Secret Service shall be trans-
ferred to the Director of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for appropriate allocation, subject to the 
approval of the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment 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 In-
vestigation 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 Home-
land 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 administra-
tive action of the United States Secret Service shall 
not be affected by the enactment of this Act or the 
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transfer of United States Secret Service functions 
and obligations to the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion under section 2, but shall continue in effect ac-
cording 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 juris-
diction, or by operation of law. 
(2) COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘completed ad-
ministrative action’’ includes an order, a determina-
tion, a rule, a regulation, a personnel action, a per-
mit, an agreement, a grant, a contract, a certificate, 
a license, a registration, and a privilege. 
(3) PENDING PROCEEDINGS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any pending pro-
ceeding in the United States Secret Service re-
lating 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 assist-
ance, shall continue notwithstanding the enact-
ment of this Act or the transfer of United 
States Secret Service functions and obligations 
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to the Federal Bureau of Investigation under 
section 2, unless the pending proceeding is dis-
continued 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 pro-
ceeding described in subparagraph (A), or an 
appeal therefrom and any payment made pursu-
ant 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 trans-
ferred, and the order shall continue in effect 
until amended, modified, superseded, termi-
nated, set aside, or revoked by an office of the 
United States or a court of competent jurisdic-
tion, or by operation of law. 
(4) PENDING
CIVIL
ACTIONS.—Any pending 
civil actions shall continue notwithstanding the en-
actment of this Act or the transfer of United States 
Secret Service functions and obligations to the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation under section 2, and in 
the pending civil action, proceedings shall be had, 
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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 obliga-
tions transferred to the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion under section 2, in a statute, an Executive 
order, a rule, a regulation, a directive, or a delega-
tion 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 Investiga-
tion and the United States Secret Service, to its offi-
cers, employees, or agents, or to its corresponding 
organizational units or functions. 
(b) EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS .— 
(1) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation may, in regulations pre-
scribed jointly with the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, adopt the rule, procedures, 
terms, and conditions established by statute, rule, or 
regulation before the effective date of this Act relat-
ing to employment in the United States Secret Serv-
ice to perform functions and obligations transferred 
in section 2 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
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(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, quali-
fied candidates to any positions in the competitive 
service to fulfill the functions and obligations trans-
ferred under section 2. 
(3) 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 con-
tinue 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 Budg-
et, 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 
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this Act, as the Director determines necessary to accom-
plish 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 Investiga-
tion 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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