[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9697 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9697

  To reallocate funds from the Internal Revenue Service to the Secret 
   Service, for purposes of providing protection equivalent to that 
afforded the President to Vice Presidents, major Presidential and Vice 
            Presidential candidates, and former presidents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2024

 Mrs. Houchin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
 and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reallocate funds from the Internal Revenue Service to the Secret 
   Service, for purposes of providing protection equivalent to that 
afforded the President to Vice Presidents, major Presidential and Vice 
            Presidential candidates, and former presidents.

    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 ``Presidential Election Resource 
Investment for Major Threat Response Act of 2024'' or as the ``PERIMTR 
Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. REALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

    (a) Rescission.--There is rescinded from the unobligated balances 
of amounts made available under section 10301(1) of Public Law 117-169 
(commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction Act of 2022'') (136 Stat. 
2053) $3,000,000,000.
    (b) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the Director of the 
United States Secret Service $3,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the purpose of applying the same standards, practices, 
and protocols for protecting the President to protecting Vice 
Presidents, major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, and 
former presidents. These standards, practices, and protocols include 
the number of agents, equipment, and other assets needed to carry out 
the requirements of this subsection.
    (c) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``major Presidential and 
Vice Presidential candidates'' has the meaning given such term in 
section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, and includes any other 
Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate for whom the President has 
otherwise authorized the Secret Service to protect.
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