[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10284 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10284
To transfer certain responsibilities of the United States Secret
Service to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 4, 2024
Mr. Biggs (for himself, Mr. Crane, and Mr. Mills) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To transfer certain responsibilities of the United States Secret
Service to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secret Service Prioritization Act of
2024''.
SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED.
(a) In General.--In accordance with this Act, there shall be
transferred to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation the
assets, functions, and obligations of the United States Secret Service
to detect and arrest any person who violates--
(1) section 508, 509, or 510 of title 18, United States
Code, or, with respect to the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, Federal land banks, and Federal land bank
associations, section 213, 433, 493, 657, 709, 1006, 1007,
1011, 1013, 1014, 1907, or 1909 of such title;
(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, access device frauds, false
identification documents or devices, and any fraud or other
criminal or unlawful activity in or against any federally
insured financial institution, except that the authority
conferred by this paragraph shall be exercised subject to the
agreement of the Attorney General and the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and shall not affect the
authority of any other Federal law enforcement agency with
respect to those laws.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of section 3056 of title
18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security,
the Secret Service is authorized to detect and arrest any person who
violates section 871 and 879 of this title.''.
SEC. 3. TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITIES.
(a) Provision of Assistance by Officials.--Until functions and
obligations of the United States Secret Service are transferred to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation under section 2, any official who,
immediately before the effective date of this Act, has authority over
or is responsible for functions relating to the United States Secret
Service shall provide to the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation such assistance, including the use of personnel and
assets, as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may
request in preparing for the transfer and integration of the functions
and obligations of the United States Secret Service transferred under
section 2 into the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(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 Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the head of any executive agency may, on a reimbursable
basis, provide services or detail personnel to assist with the
transition.
(c) Transfer of Obligations and Functions.--Upon the transfer of
the functions and obligations of the United States Secret Service under
section 2 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation--
(1) the assets held by or available in connection with the
United States Secret Service shall be transferred to the
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for appropriate
allocation, subject to the approval of the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget and in accordance with section
1531(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code; and
(2) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
shall have all functions and obligations relating to the United
States Secret Service that any other official could by law
exercise in relation to the United States Secret Service
immediately before such transfer, including all such functions
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 administrative action of the
United States Secret Service shall not be affected by the
enactment of this Act or the transfer of United States Secret
Service functions and obligations to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation under section 2, but shall continue in effect
according to the terms of the completed administrative action
until the completed administrative action is amended, modified,
superseded, terminated, set aside, or revoked in accordance
with law by an office of the United States or a court of
competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
(2) Completed administrative action defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``completed administrative action''
includes an order, a determination, a rule, a regulation, a
personnel action, a permit, an agreement, a grant, a contract,
a certificate, a license, a registration, and a privilege.
(3) Pending proceedings.--
(A) In general.--Any pending proceeding in the
United States Secret Service relating to functions or
obligations transferred under this Act, including a
notice of proposed rulemaking and an application for a
license, permit, certificate, grant, or financial
assistance, shall continue notwithstanding the
enactment of this Act or the transfer of United States
Secret Service functions and obligations to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation under section 2, unless the
pending proceeding is discontinued or modified under
the same terms and conditions and to the same extent
that such discontinuance could have occurred if such
enactment or transfer had not occurred.
(B) Orders.--Any orders issued in a proceeding
described in subparagraph (A), or an appeal therefrom
and any payment made pursuant to such an order, shall
issue in the same manner and on the same terms if this
Act had not been enacted or the United States Secret
Service functions and obligations transferred under
section 2 of this Act had not been transferred, and the
order shall continue in effect until amended, modified,
superseded, terminated, set aside, or revoked by an
office of the United States or a court of competent
jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
(4) Pending civil actions.--Any pending civil actions shall
continue notwithstanding the enactment of this Act or the
transfer of United States Secret Service functions and
obligations to the Federal Bureau of Investigation under
section 2, 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.
(5) References.--Any reference relating to United States
Secret Service functions and obligations transferred to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation under section 2, in a statute,
an Executive order, a rule, a regulation, a directive, or a
delegation of authority that proceeds such transfer or the
effective date of this Act shall be deemed to refer, as
appropriate, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
United States Secret Service, to its officers, employees, or
agents, or to its corresponding organizational units or
functions.
(b) Employment Provisions.--
(1) Regulations.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation may, in regulations prescribed jointly with the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, adopt the rule,
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 to perform
functions and obligations transferred in section 2 to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(2) Direct hire authority.--The Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation may appoint, without regard to the
provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 (other than sections
3303 and 3328 of such chapter) of title 5, United States Code,
qualified candidates to any positions in the competitive
service to fulfill the functions and obligations transferred
under section 2.
(1) Statutory reporting requirements.--Any statutory
reporting requirement that applied to the United States Secret
Service with respect to any functions and obligations
transferred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation under
section 2 shall continue to apply following that transfer if
the statutory requirement includes an explicit reference to the
United States Secret Service and the functions and obligations
transferred under section 2.
SEC. 5. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in
consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
is authorized and directed to make such additional incidental
disposition of personnel, assets, and liabilities held, used, arising
from, available, or to be made available, in connection with the
functions transferred by this Act, as the Director 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 United States Secret Service with respect to functions
and obligations transferred under section 2 shall be deemed to refer to
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the official or
component of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to which such function
or obligation is so transferred.
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b),
this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the
date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Transition Period.--Any action authorized to be taken under
subsection (a) or (b) of section 3 may be taken beginning on the date
of enactment of this Act.
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