119-hr56

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 56 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 56

 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

 January 3, 2025

 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Crane) 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 
2025''.

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.

    (3) 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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