I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7689 
To transfer the United States Secret Service to the Department of the 
Treasury. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2022 
Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas (for himself and Mr. KUSTOFF) introduced the fol-
lowing 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To transfer the United States Secret Service to the 
Department of the Treasury. 
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 ‘‘United States Secret 
Service Mission Improvement and Realignment Act of 
2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this Act, there 
shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury the 
functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the United 
States Secret Service, including the functions of the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security relating thereto. 
(b) DISTINCT ENTITY.—The United States Secret 
Service shall be maintained as a distinct entity within the 
Department of the Treasury. 
SEC. 3. TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITIES. 
(a) PROVISION
OF ASSISTANCE
BY OFFICIALS.— 
Until the transfer of the United States Secret Service to 
the Department of the Treasury, any official having au-
thority over or functions relating to the United States Se-
cret Service immediately before the date of enactment of 
this Act shall provide to the Secretary of the Treasury 
such assistance, including the use of personnel and assets, 
as the Secretary of the Treasury may request in preparing 
for the transfer and integration of the United States Se-
cret Service into the Department of the Treasury. 
(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 
Secretary of the Treasury, the head of any executive agen-
cy may, on a reimbursable basis, provide services or detail 
personnel to assist with the transition. 
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(c) TRANSFER
OF PERSONNEL, ASSETS, OBLIGA-
TIONS, AND FUNCTIONS.—Upon the transfer of the 
United States Secret Service to the Department of the 
Treasury— 
(1) the personnel, assets, and obligations held 
by or available in connection with the United States 
Secret Service shall be transferred to the Secretary 
of the Treasury for appropriate allocation, subject to 
the approval of the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget and in accordance with section 
1531(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code; and 
(2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall have all 
functions relating to the United States Secret Serv-
ice that any other official could by law exercise in 
relation to the United States Secret Service imme-
diately before such transfer, including all such func-
tions 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 administra-
tive action of the United States Secret Service shall 
not be affected by the enactment of this Act or the 
transfer of the United States Secret Service to the 
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Department of the Treasury, but shall continue in 
effect according to the terms of the completed ad-
ministrative action until the completed administra-
tive action is amended, modified, superseded, termi-
nated, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law 
by an officer of the United States or a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, 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. 
(b) PENDING PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any pending proceeding in 
the United States Secret Service, including a notice 
of proposed rulemaking and an application for a li-
cense, permit, certificate, grant, or financial assist-
ance, shall continue notwithstanding the enactment 
of this Act or the transfer of the United States Se-
cret Service to the Department of the Treasury, un-
less the pending proceeding is discontinued or modi-
fied under the same terms and conditions and to the 
same extent that such discontinuance could have oc-
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curred if such enactment or transfer had not oc-
curred. 
(2) ORDERS.—Any order issued in a proceeding 
described in paragraph (1), or an appeal therefrom, 
and any payment made pursuant to such an order, 
shall issue in the same manner and on the same 
terms as if this Act had not been enacted or the 
United States Secret Service had not been trans-
ferred, and the order shall continue in effect until 
amended, modified, superseded, terminated, set 
aside, or revoked by an officer of the United States 
or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation 
of law. 
(c) PENDING CIVIL ACTIONS.—Any pending civil ac-
tion shall continue notwithstanding the enactment of this 
Act or the transfer of the United States Secret Service 
to the Department of the Treasury, 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. 
(d) REFERENCES.—Any reference relating to the 
United States Secret Service in a statute, an Executive 
order, a rule, a regulation, a directive, or a delegation of 
authority that precedes such transfer or the effective date 
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of this Act shall be deemed to refer, as appropriate, to 
the Department of the Treasury and the United States 
Secret Service, to its officers, employees, or agents, or to 
its corresponding organizational units or functions. 
(e) EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS.— 
(1) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury may, in regulations prescribed jointly with 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 
adopt the rules, 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 transferred to the 
Department of the Treasury by this Act. 
(2) EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON CONDITIONS OF 
EMPLOYMENT.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
Act, or under authority granted by this Act, the 
transfer pursuant to this Act of personnel shall not 
alter the terms and conditions of employment, in-
cluding compensation, of any employee so trans-
ferred. 
(f) STATUTORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Any 
statutory reporting requirement that applied to the United 
States Secret Service transferred to the Department of 
Treasury by this Act immediately before the date of enact-
ment of this Act shall continue to apply following that 
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transfer if the statutory requirement refers to the United 
States Secret Service by name. 
SEC. 5. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS. 
The Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, is 
authorized and directed to make such additional incidental 
dispositions of personnel, assets, and liabilities held, used, 
arising from, available, or to be made available, in connec-
tion with the functions transferred by this Act, as the Di-
rector 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 the United 
States Secret Service or any officer or office the functions 
of which are so transferred shall be deemed to refer to 
the Secretary of the Treasury or the official or component 
of the Department of the Treasury to which such function 
is so transferred. 
SEC. 7. REPORT ON EXPENDITURES FOR THE PURPOSE OF 
PROVIDING 
PROTECTION 
DURING 
THE 
COURSE OF TRAVEL. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered travel’’— 
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(A) means any trip by a protected indi-
vidual with a stop at a location that is not 
owned or controlled by the Federal Government; 
and 
(B) includes any trip described in subpara-
graph (A) that is outside of the United States. 
(2) the term ‘‘immediate family’’ does not in-
clude any child under the age of 26; 
(3) the term ‘‘incidental expenditure’’— 
(A) means a travel expenditure incurred by 
United States Secret Service personnel and re-
imbursed by the United States Secret Service; 
and 
(B) does not include expenditures de-
scribed in clause (i) or (ii) of subsection 
(b)(1)(E); 
(4) the term ‘‘protected individual’’ means the 
President, the Vice President, and members of the 
immediate family of the President and Vice Presi-
dent during the period for which a report is sub-
mitted under subsection (b); 
(5) the term ‘‘travel expenditure’’— 
(A) means any expenditure of funds by the 
United States Secret Service for the purpose of 
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providing protection to a protected individual 
during the course of covered travel; 
(B) includes any expenditure incurred by 
an Executive department or agency for the pur-
pose of providing protection to a protected indi-
vidual during the course of covered travel and 
reimbursed by the United States Secret Service; 
and 
(C) does not include any expenditure for— 
(i) the pay of United States Secret 
Service personnel; 
(ii) the operation or maintenance of 
any permanent protective asset; or 
(iii) incidental expenditures. 
(b) REPORT.— Not later than December 31 of each 
year, the Director of the United States Secret Service shall 
submit to the committees listed in section 9 of the Presi-
dential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 
3056 note), an annual report that, with respect to the pre-
vious fiscal year, includes, at a minimum— 
(1) for each instance of covered travel, a state-
ment of— 
(A) the protected individual or protected 
individuals, if more than 1 protected individual 
is traveling; 
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(B) the dates of departure and return; 
(C) each city and State or, if outside of the 
United States, city and country, visited; 
(D) the total amount of travel expendi-
tures; 
(E)(i) the total amount of expenditures for 
operational costs, including the cost of using— 
(I) any asset to transport a protected 
individual; or 
(II) any space and facility for oper-
ational purposes; and 
(ii) the total amount of expenditures for 
transportation, lodging, and per diem; and 
(F) the name of and amount paid to— 
(i) if the total amount paid is greater 
than $5,000, any individual who is not an 
employee of the Federal Government or a 
foreign government; and 
(ii) if the total amount paid is greater 
than $5,000, any entity that is not an enti-
ty of the Federal Government or a foreign 
government. 
(2) for each protected individual, the total 
amount of incidental expenditures incurred for the 
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