Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-3731
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2017-09-11
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Department of Homeland Security

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government studies and investigations

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-03
text: Became Public Law No: 115-160.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend through 2018 the exemption of U.S. Secret Service officers, employees, and agents who perform protective services from the limitation on premium pay otherwise applicable to federal employees. </p> <p>The Secret Service must report to Congress by January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, on the amounts of premium pay above the limitation paid to Secret Service personnel in the previous year. </p> <p>The Secret Service must conduct and provide to Congress updated threat assessments, including protection costs, on all of the individuals who are protected by the Secret Service. No such assessments will be conducted for the President, the Vice-President, their spouses or children, or former Presidents or Vice-Presidents. </p> <p>The Secret Service must submit to Congress: (1) a report on its recruitment and retention efforts; (2) a notice whenever it, at the direction of the Department of Homeland Security or the President, extends the protection of an individual beyond the length of time such protection would otherwise be provided; and (3) a list of all of the questions asked in 2016 on any polygraph exam it issued to applicants for employment. </p>

action_date: 2017-12-04
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment, Part I
text: <p><b>Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend through 2018 the exemption of U.S. Secret Service officers, employees, and agents who perform protective services from the limitation on premium pay otherwise applicable to federal employees. </p> <p>The bill provides that such amendment shall take effect as if it had been enacted on December 31, 2016. </p> <p>The Secret Service must report to Congress by January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, on the amounts of premium pay above the limitation paid to Secret Service personnel in the previous year. </p> <p>(Sec. 3) The Secret Service must conduct and provide to Congress updated threat assessments, including protection costs, on all of the individuals who are protected by the Secret Service. No such assessments will be conducted for the President, the Vice-President, their spouses or children, or former Presidents or Vice-Presidents. </p> <p>The Secret Service must submit to Congress: (1) a report on its recruitment and retention efforts; (2) a notice whenever it, at the direction of the Department of Homeland Security or the President, extends the protection of an individual beyond the length of time such protection would otherwise be provided; and (3) a list of all of the questions asked in 2016 on any polygraph exam it issued to applicants for employment. </p>

action_date: 2017-12-05
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p><b>Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend through 2018 the exemption of U.S. Secret Service officers, employees, and agents who perform protective services from the limitation on premium pay otherwise applicable to federal employees. </p> <p>The bill provides that such amendment shall take effect as if it had been enacted on December 31, 2016. </p> <p>The Secret Service must report to Congress by January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, on the amounts of premium pay above the limitation paid to Secret Service personnel in the previous year. </p> <p>(Sec. 3) The Government Accountability Office shall study and report to specified congressional committees on the extent of the progress made by the Secret Service in implementing the recommendations of the U.S. Secret Service Protective Mission Panel, including those items which pertain to training and personnel enumerated in the Executive Summary to Report from the panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security, dated December 15, 2014. </p> <p>(Sec. 4) A specified amount is permanently rescinded from the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. </p> <p>The bill authorizes specified amounts to be rescinded in FY2018-FY2019 from such balances. </p>

action_date: 2018-03-19
action_desc: Passed Senate amended
text: <p><b>Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend through 2018, subject to specified limitations, the exemption of U.S. Secret Service officers, employees, and agents who perform protective services from the limitation on premium pay otherwise applicable to federal employees.The bill specifies that the exemption also applies to the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division.</p>  <p>The bill provides that such amendments shall take effect as if they had been enacted on December 31, 2016.</p> <p>The Secret Service must report to Congress by January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, on premium pay above the limitation paid to Secret Service personnel in the previous year. </p> <p>(Sec. 3) The Government Accountability Office shall study and report to specified congressional committees on the extent of the progress made by the Secret Service in implementing the recommendations of the U.S. Secret Service Protective Mission Panel, including those items which pertain to training and personnel enumerated in the Executive Summary to Report from the panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security, dated December 15, 2014. </p>

action_date: 2018-03-21
action_desc: House agreed to Senate amendment without amendment
text: <p><b>Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend through 2018, subject to specified limitations, the exemption of U.S. Secret Service officers, employees, and agents who perform protective services from the limitation on premium pay otherwise applicable to federal employees. The bill specifies that the exemption also applies to the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division.</p> <p>The bill provides that such amendments shall take effect as if they had been enacted on December 31, 2016.</p> <p>The Secret Service must report to Congress by January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, on premium pay above the limitation paid to Secret Service personnel in the previous year. </p> <p>(Sec. 3) The Government Accountability Office shall study and report to specified congressional committees on the extent of the progress made by the Secret Service in implementing the recommendations of the U.S. Secret Service Protective Mission Panel, including those items which pertain to training and personnel enumerated in the Executive Summary to Report from the panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security, dated December 15, 2014. </p>

action_date: 2018-04-03
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend through 2018, subject to specified limitations, the exemption of U.S. Secret Service officers, employees, and agents who perform protective services from the limitation on premium pay otherwise applicable to federal employees. The bill specifies that the exemption also applies to the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division.</p> <p>The bill provides that such amendments shall take effect as if they had been enacted on December 31, 2016.</p> <p>The Secret Service must report to Congress by January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, on premium pay above the limitation paid to Secret Service personnel in the previous year. </p> <p>(Sec. 3) The Government Accountability Office shall study and report to specified congressional committees on the extent of the progress made by the Secret Service in implementing the recommendations of the U.S. Secret Service Protective Mission Panel, including those items which pertain to training and personnel enumerated in the Executive Summary to Report from the panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security, dated December 15, 2014. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3731 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2017 Mr. Katko (for himself, Mr. Cummings , Mr. Gowdy , Mr. McCaul , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Ratcliffe , Ms. Norton , and Mr. Donovan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , 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 concerned A BILL To provide overtime pay for employees of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017 . 2. Extension of overtime pay exception through 2018 for protective services (a) In general The Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended— (1) in the section heading for section 2, by striking 2016 and inserting 2016 through 2018 ; and (2) by striking during 2016 each place it appears and inserting during 2016 through 2018 . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2016. (c) Report on extensions Not later than January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, the Director of the Secret Service shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the effects of the amendment made by subsection (a)(2). The report shall include, with respect to the previous calendar year— (1) the total number of United States Secret Service personnel receiving premium pay above the premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the total amount of premium pay for that calendar year paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection; (3) the mean and median amount of premium pay paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection; (4) the greatest amount paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection and the number of employees who received that amount; (5) notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a), the total number of United States Secret Service personnel who were not fully compensated for service because of the premium pay earnings limitation in section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note); (6) the total amount of premium pay United States Secret Service personnel would have been paid but for the premium pay earnings limitation in such section; and (7) a list of United States Secret Service personnel who, within the calendar year, received premium pay above the premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, and separated from the agency, including the type of separation in each case. 3. Recruitment and retention efforts (a) Threat assessments (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Secret Service shall conduct updated threat assessments on all individuals protected by the United States Secret Service and provide such assessments to the appropriate congressional committees. Such threat assessments shall not be conducted for— (A) the President, the Vice President, or any spouses or children of the President or Vice President; or (B) former Presidents or Vice Presidents. (2) Requirement of threat assessments The threat assessments required under paragraph (1) shall include a description of the costs, including total annual costs, of the protection of each individual. (b) Recruitment and retention Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Secret Service shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the recruitment and retention efforts of the Secret Service. Such report shall include— (1) data on the overall attrition rate for agency personnel; (2) information on the causes of employee attrition and issues of low morale; (3) a strategy for overhauling the agency’s recruitment and hiring process; and (4) a strategy for improving retention of agency personnel. (c) Extension of protection Not later than 30 days after the Department of Homeland Security or the United States Secret Service is directed by the President or the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend the protection of an individual beyond the length of time that would otherwise be provided to such individual, and such protection is provided by the United States Secret Service, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Secret Service, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notice of such extension, including an updated threat assessment on such individual. (d) Polygraph test questions Not later than 10 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Secret Service shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of all questions asked in calendar year 2016 on any polygraph exam the United States Secret Service issued to an applicant for employment in the United States Secret Service. (e) Definitions In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3731 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To provide overtime pay for employees of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017 . 2. Extension of overtime pay exception through 2018 for protective services (a) In general The Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended— (1) in the section heading for section 2, by striking 2016 and inserting 2016 through 2018 ; and (2) by striking during 2016 each place it appears and inserting during 2016 through 2018 . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2016. (c) Report on extensions Not later than January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, the Director of the Secret Service shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the effects of the amendment made by subsection (a)(2). The report shall include, with respect to the previous calendar year— (1) the total number of United States Secret Service personnel receiving premium pay above the premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the total amount of premium pay for that calendar year paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection; (3) the mean and median amount of premium pay paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection; (4) the greatest amount paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection and the number of employees who received that amount; (5) notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a), the total number of United States Secret Service personnel who were not fully compensated for service because of the premium pay earnings limitation in section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note); (6) the total amount of premium pay United States Secret Service personnel would have been paid but for the premium pay earnings limitation in such section; and (7) a list of United States Secret Service personnel who, within the calendar year, received premium pay above the premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, and separated from the agency, including the type of separation in each case. 3. Report of the Comptroller General of the United States Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the extent of the progress made by the United States Secret Service in implementing the recommendations of the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel, including in particular those items pertaining to training and personnel enumerated in the Executive Summary to Report from the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security dated December 15, 2014. 4. Rescissions (a) Rescission of unobligated balances in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund Of the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, $10,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded. (b) Authorization To rescind future unobligated balances in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund There is authorized to be rescinded from the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2019.

Passed the House of Representatives December 5, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3731 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 6, 2017 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To provide overtime pay for employees of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017 . 2. Extension of overtime pay exception through 2018 for protective services (a) In general The Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended— (1) in the section heading for section 2, by striking 2016 and inserting 2016 through 2018 ; and (2) by striking during 2016 each place it appears and inserting during 2016 through 2018 . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2016. (c) Report on extensions Not later than January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, the Director of the Secret Service shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the effects of the amendment made by subsection (a)(2). The report shall include, with respect to the previous calendar year— (1) the total number of United States Secret Service personnel receiving premium pay above the premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the total amount of premium pay for that calendar year paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection; (3) the mean and median amount of premium pay paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection; (4) the greatest amount paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection and the number of employees who received that amount; (5) notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a), the total number of United States Secret Service personnel who were not fully compensated for service because of the premium pay earnings limitation in section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note); (6) the total amount of premium pay United States Secret Service personnel would have been paid but for the premium pay earnings limitation in such section; and (7) a list of United States Secret Service personnel who, within the calendar year, received premium pay above the premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, and separated from the agency, including the type of separation in each case. 3. Report of the Comptroller General of the United States Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the extent of the progress made by the United States Secret Service in implementing the recommendations of the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel, including in particular those items pertaining to training and personnel enumerated in the Executive Summary to Report from the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security dated December 15, 2014. 4. Rescissions (a) Rescission of unobligated balances in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund Of the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, $10,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded. (b) Authorization To rescind future unobligated balances in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund There is authorized to be rescinded from the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2019.

Passed the House of Representatives December 5, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H.R. 3731 In the Senate of the United States, March 19, 2018. Amendment:

That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 3731) entitled An Act to provide overtime pay for employees of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes. , do pass with the following Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018 . 2. Extension of overtime pay exception through 2018 for protective services (a) Amendments (1) In general Section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended— (A) in the section heading, by striking in 2016 and inserting during 2016 through 2018 ; (B) in subsection (a), by striking 2016 and inserting 2016, 2017, or 2018 ; and (C) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, and only to the extent that an appropriation is provided specifically in an appropriations Act for premium pay in excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained in section 5547(a), any covered employee may receive premium pay during 2016, 2017, and 2018, to the extent provided under section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note). . (2) Clarifying provision Section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting or 3056A after section 3056(a) . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2016. (c) Report on extensions Not later than January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, the Director of the Secret Service shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the effects of the amendment made by subsection (a)(2). The report shall include, with respect to the previous calendar year— (1) the total number of United States Secret Service personnel receiving premium pay above the premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the total amount of premium pay for that calendar year paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection; (3) the mean and median amount of premium pay paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection; (4) the greatest amount paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection and the number of employees who received that amount; (5) notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a), the total number of United States Secret Service personnel who were not fully compensated for service because of the premium pay earnings limitation in section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note); (6) the total amount of premium pay United States Secret Service personnel would have been paid but for the premium pay earnings limitation in such section; and (7) a list of United States Secret Service personnel who, within the calendar year, received premium pay above the premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, and separated from the agency, including the type of separation in each case. 3. Report of the Comptroller General of the United States Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the extent of the progress made by the United States Secret Service in implementing the recommendations of the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel, including in particular those items pertaining to training and personnel enumerated in the Executive Summary to Report from the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security dated December 15, 2014.

Secretary

tv_txt: I One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen H. R. 3731 AN ACT To provide overtime pay for employees of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018 . 2. Extension of overtime pay exception through 2018 for protective services (a) Amendments (1) In general Section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended— (A) in the section heading, by striking in 2016 and inserting during 2016 through 2018 ; (B) in subsection (a), by striking 2016 and inserting 2016, 2017, or 2018 ; and (C) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, and only to the extent that an appropriation is provided specifically in an appropriations Act for premium pay in excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained in section 5547(a), any covered employee may receive premium pay during 2016, 2017, and 2018, to the extent provided under section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note). . (2) Clarifying provision Section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting or 3056A after section 3056(a) . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2016. (c) Report on extensions Not later than January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, the Director of the Secret Service shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the effects of the amendment made by subsection (a)(2). The report shall include, with respect to the previous calendar year— (1) the total number of United States Secret Service personnel receiving premium pay above the premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the total amount of premium pay for that calendar year paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection; (3) the mean and median amount of premium pay paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection; (4) the greatest amount paid to United States Secret Service personnel above the premium pay limitation in such subsection and the number of employees who received that amount; (5) notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a), the total number of United States Secret Service personnel who were not fully compensated for service because of the premium pay earnings limitation in section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 5 U.S.C. 5547 note); (6) the total amount of premium pay United States Secret Service personnel would have been paid but for the premium pay earnings limitation in such section; and (7) a list of United States Secret Service personnel who, within the calendar year, received premium pay above the premium pay limitation in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, and separated from the agency, including the type of separation in each case. 3. Report of the Comptroller General of the United States Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the extent of the progress made by the United States Secret Service in implementing the recommendations of the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel, including in particular those items pertaining to training and personnel enumerated in the Executive Summary to Report from the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security dated December 15, 2014.

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.