[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5245 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5245

 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide Presidential 
  and Vice Presidential candidates with a justification for candidate 
           protection determinations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2024

   Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide Presidential 
  and Vice Presidential candidates with a justification for candidate 
           protection determinations, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Counter Secretary Negligence In 
Protecting Election Runners Act'' or the ``Counter SNIPER Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROTECTION.

    Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(h)(1) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that a 
Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate requesting a protective 
detail or an increase in assigned protective detail resources is not 
eligible for the protective detail or increased protective detail 
resources under this section, not later than 14 days after the date on 
which the Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate makes the 
request, the Secretary shall submit to the Presidential or Vice 
Presidential candidate and the advisory committee described in 
subsection (a)(7) a written notice of the determination that indicates 
the criteria that the Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate fails 
to meet for such purpose.
    ``(2) A Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate may submit to 
the Secretary of Homeland Security a written request to reconsider a 
determination described in paragraph (1), which may include facts to 
support that the Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate meets the 
criteria indicated by the Secretary of Homeland Security in the notice 
described in paragraph (1).
    ``(3) Not later than 14 days after the date on which a request for 
reconsideration is submitted under paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall--
            ``(A) review the request;
            ``(B) submit to the Presidential or Vice Presidential 
        candidate a written notice of the final determination of the 
        Secretary on whether the Presidential or Vice Presidential 
        candidate meets the criteria for the purpose of this section; 
        and
            ``(C) provide to the advisory committee described in 
        subsection (a)(7) a copy of the final determination described 
        in subparagraph (B).
    ``(i)(1) The United States Secret Service shall be headed by a 
Director.
    ``(2) The Director of the United States Secret Service shall be 
appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the 
Senate.''.
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