A bill to amend section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, to update the authorities of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.
PL 98-587 (H.R.5189), enacted 10/30/1984

98 STAT. 3110 
PUBLIC LAW 98-587—OCT. 30, 1984 
Public Law 98-587 
98th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 30, 1984 
To amend section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, to update the authorities of the 
United States Secret Service, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 5189] 
Be it encicted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) section 
3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"§3056. Powers, authorities, and duties of United States Secret 
Service 
"(a) Under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
United States Secret Service is authorized to protect the following 
persons: 
"(1) The President, the Vice President (or other officer next in 
the order of succession to the Office of President), the President-
elect, and the Vice President-elect. 
"(2) The immediate families of those individuals listed in 
paragraph (1). 
"(3) Former Presidents and their spouses for their lifetimes, 
except that protection of a spouse shall terminate in the event 
of remarriage. 
"(4) Children of a former President who are under 16 years of 
age. 
"(5) Visiting heads of foreign states or foreign governments. 
"(6) Other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States 
and official representatives of the United States performing 
special missions abroad when the President directs that such 
protection be provided. 
"(7) Major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and, 
within 120 days of the general Presidential election, the spouses 
of such candidates. As used in this paragraph, the term 'major 
Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates' means those 
individuals identified as such by the Secretary of the Tresisury 
after consultation with an advisory committee consisting of the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders 
of the Senate, and one additional member selected by the other 
members of the committee. 
Crimes and 
The protection authorized in paragraphs (2) through (7) may be 
misdemeanors. 
declined. 
"Ot)) Under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Secret Service is authorized to detect and arrest any person who 
violates— 
"(1) section 508, 509, 510, 871, or 879 of this title or, with 
respect to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal 
land banks, and Federal land bank associations, section 213, 
216, 433, 493, 657, 709,1006, 1007, 1011, 1013, 1014,1907, or 1909 
of this title; 
PUBLIC LAW 98-587—OCT. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 3111 
"(2) any of the laws of the United States relating to coins, 
obligations, and securities of the United States and of foreign 
governments; or 
"(3) any of the laws of the United States relating to electronic 
fund transfer frauds, credit and debit card frauds, and false 
identification documents or devices; except that the authority 
conferred by this paragraph shall be exercised subject to the 
agreement of the Attorney General and the Secretary of the 
Treasury and shall not affect the authority of any other Federal 
law enforcement agency with respect to those laws. 
"(c)(1) Under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
officers and agents of the Secret Service are authorized to— 
"(A) execute warrants issued under the laws of the United 
States; 
"(B) carry firearms; 
"(C) make arrests without warrant for any offense against the 
United States committed in their presence, or for any felony 
cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have 
reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has 
committed or is committing such felony; 
"(D) offer and pay rewards for services and information lead-
ing to the apprehension of persons involved in the violation or 
potential violation of those provisions of law which the Secret 
Service is authorized to enforce; 
"(E) pay expenses for unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial nature under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury 
and accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate; and 
"(F) perform such other functions and duties as are author-
ized by law. 
"(2) Funds expended from appropriations available to the Secret 
Service for the purchase of counterfeits and subsequently recovered 
shall be reimbursed to the appropriations available to the Secret 
Service at the time of the reimbursement. 
"(d) Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or inter-
feres with a Federal law enforcement agent engaged in the perform-
ance of the protective functions authorized by this section or by 
section 1752 of this title shall be fined not more than $1,000 or 
imprisoned not more than one year, or both.". 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 203 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section 3056 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"3056. Powers, authorities, and duties of United States Secret Service.". 
SEC. 2. The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to authorize 
Repeal. 
the United States Secret Service to furnish protection to major 
presidential or vice presidential candidates", approved June 6, 1968 
(18 U.S.C. 3056 note), is repealed. 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 879(b)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out "the first section of the joint resolution 
entitled 'Joint resolution to authorize the United States Secret 
Service to furnish protection to major Presidential or Vice Presiden-
tial candidates', approved June 6, 1968 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note)" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (a)(7) of section 3056 of this 
title". 
98 STAT. 3112 
PUBLIC LAW 98-587—OCT. 30, 1984 
(b) Section 1752(f) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(f) As used in this section, the term 'other person protected by 
the Secret Service' means any person whom the United States 
Secret Service is authorized to protect under section 3056 of this 
title when such person has not declined such protection.". 
Approved October 30, 1984. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5189: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 98-1001 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
Sept. 17, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 11, considered and passed Senate.