I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3607 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to transfer the United States 
Marshals Service to the judicial branch, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2025 
Mr. SWALWELL (for himself, Mr. RASKIN, and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to transfer the 
United States Marshals Service to the judicial branch, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Maintaining Authority 
and Restoring Security to Halt the Abuse of Law’’ or the 
‘‘MARSHALS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE. 
(a) TRANSFER.—Title 28, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by redesignating chapter 37 as chapter 59; 
and 
(2) by transferring chapter 59, as so redesig-
nated, from part II to part III so as to appear after 
chapter 58. 
(b) COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.—Chapter 
59, as redesignated by subsection (a), of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 561— 
(A) by striking subsections (a) through (d) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) There is hereby established a United States 
Marshals Service as a bureau within the judicial branch 
of the United States. There shall be at the head of the 
United States Marshals Service (hereafter in this chapter 
referred to as the ‘Service’) a Director (hereafter in this 
chapter referred to as the ‘Director’) who shall be ap-
pointed by the Chief Justice, in consultation with the 
Board established under subsection (i) (hereafter in this 
chapter referred to as the ‘Board’). The Director may be 
removed by the Board. 
‘‘(b) The Chief Justice of the United States shall ap-
point, in consultation with the Board, a United States 
marshal for each judicial district of the United States and 
for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, except 
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that any marshal appointed for the Northern Mariana Is-
lands may at the same time serve as marshal in another 
judicial district. Each United States marshal shall be an 
official of the Service and shall serve under the direction 
of the Director. 
‘‘(c) Each marshal shall be appointed for a term of 
four years. A marshal shall, unless that marshal has re-
signed or been removed by the Chief Justice of the United 
States, in consultation with the Board, continue to per-
form the duties of that office after the end of that 4-year 
term until a successor is appointed and qualifies.’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(e) 
through (i) as subsections (d) through (h), re-
spectively; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i)(1) The activities of the Director shall be super-
vised by a Board to be composed of— 
‘‘(A) the Chief Justice of the United States; 
‘‘(B) the Judicial Conference of the United 
States; and 
‘‘(C) the Director, who shall be an ex officio, 
nonvoting member. 
‘‘(2) The Board shall establish general goals and ob-
jectives covering the major functions and operations of the 
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Service to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the 
operations of the Service.’’; 
(2) in section 562, by striking subsections (a) 
and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘In the case of a vacancy in the office of a United 
States marshal, the Chief Justice of the United States, 
shall appoint a United States marshal to serve the remain-
der of the 4-year term.’’; 
(3) by striking section 564; 
(4) by redesignating sections 565 and 566 as 
sections 564 and 565, respectively; 
(5) in section 564, as so redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Justice 
of the United States, in consultation with the 
Board’’; 
(6) in section 565, as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking subsection (e) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(e) The United States Marshals Service is author-
ized to provide for the personal protection of Federal ju-
rists, court officers, witnesses, and other threatened per-
sons in the interests of justice where criminal intimidation 
impedes on the functioning of the judicial process or any 
other official proceeding.’’; 
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(B) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘directed 
by the Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘re-
quested by the Attorney General, and approved 
by the Director’’; and 
(C) in subsection (i), by striking the third 
sentence; 
(7) by inserting after section 565, as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘§ 566. Assistance in other law enforcement matters 
‘‘At the request of the Attorney General, and with 
the approval of the Director, the Service may assist the 
Department of Justice with the following tasks: 
‘‘(1) Investigating such fugitive matters, both 
within and outside the United States, as directed by 
the Attorney General. 
‘‘(2) Issuing administrative subpoenas in ac-
cordance with section 3486 of title 18, solely for the 
purpose of investigating unregistered sex offenders 
(as defined in section 3486). 
‘‘(3) Assisting State, local, and other Federal 
law enforcement agencies, upon the request of such 
an agency, in locating and recovering missing chil-
dren.’’; and 
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(8) in section 569(b), by striking ‘‘President’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Chief Justice, in consultation with 
the Board’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The table of chapters for part III of title 
28, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘59. United States Marshals Service .........................................
561’’. 
(2) The table of contents for chapter 59, as re-
designated by subsection (a) of this section, is 
amended by read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘561. United States Marshals Service. 
‘‘562. Vacancies. 
‘‘563. Oath of office. 
‘‘564. Expenses of the Service. 
‘‘565. Powers and duties. 
‘‘566. Assistance in other law enforcement matters. 
‘‘567. Collection of fees; accounting. 
‘‘568. Practice of law prohibited. 
‘‘569. Reemployment rights.’’. 
(3) Section 3002(16) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, a deputy’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘or a deputy marshal.’’ 
(4) Section 210G(k)(3)(C) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(k)(3)(C)(ii)) is 
amended— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking subclause (I) 
and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(I) personal protection oper-
ations by the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation as specified in section 533 
of title 28, United States Code;’’; 
(B) in clause (iii)(III), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in clause (iv), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) missions authorized to be per-
formed by the judicial branch, including 
personal protection operations by the 
United States Marshals Service of Federal 
jurists, court officers, witnesses, and other 
threatened persons in the interests of jus-
tice, as specified in section 565(e) of title 
28, United States Code.’’. 
(5) Section 142(a) of the Sex Offender Reg-
istration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20941(a)) 
is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘in-
cluding the United States Marshals Service’’ 
and inserting ‘‘including at the request of the 
Attorney General, and with the approval of the 
United States Marshals Service Director, the 
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United States Marshals Service may assist the 
Department of Justice’’; and 
(B) by striking the second sentence. 
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