Secret Service Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2605
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protection of officials

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: 

Secret Service Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to: (1) subject the appointment of the Director of the U.S. Secret Service to the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) prohibit knowingly entering an object into any restricted building or grounds to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of government business or official functions; and (3) prohibit knowingly and willfully threatening to kill, kidnap, or harm former Vice Presidents, their spouses, or their children under age 16 or any person protected by the Secret Service under a presidential memorandum.
 
The Director must increase the annual number of training hours for Secret Service officers and agents. 
 
The Director is authorized to: (1) construct facilities at the Rowley Training Center to improve the training of U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers and Secret Service agents, and (2) hire not fewer than 200 additional officers for such division and 85 additional agents for the Secret Service Presidential Protective Detail.
 
The Director shall adopt improved procedures for: (1) evaluating vulnerabilities in White House security and threats to persons protected by the Secret Service, and (2) evaluating the use of technology to improve such security and respond to such threats.
 
The Director is required to evaluate the practicability of equipping agents and officers with weapons other than those currently provided.
 
Provisions of the Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 requiring expenditures above a specified amount by the Secret Service for securing any non-governmental property in addition to the one non-governmental property designated by each protectee to be approved by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are replaced with provisions requiring the Secret Service to notify such committees of any such expenditures.
 
The Director shall establish an Ethics Program Office.
 
A Secret Service officer may provide armed protective services authorized by statute or pursuant to a presidential memorandum at any place where a general or special election is held.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Introduced in House