(Original Signature of Member) TH D CONGRESS SESSION ......(Original Signature of Member) 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. ll To transfer the United States Secret Service to the Department

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(Original Signature of Member)

116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. ll

To transfer the United States Secret Service to the Department of the

Treasury.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. WILLIAMS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on llllllllllllll

A BILL To transfer the United States Secret Service to the

Department of the Treasury.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Secret 4

Service Mission Improvement and Realignment Act of 5

2020’’. 6

SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED. 7

(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this Act, there 8

shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury the 9

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functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the United 1

States Secret Service, including the functions of the Sec-2

retary of Homeland Security relating thereto. 3

(b) DISTINCT ENTITY.—The United States Secret 4

Service shall be maintained as a distinct entity within the 5

Department of the Treasury. 6

SEC. 3. TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITIES. 7

(a) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE BY OFFICIALS.— 8

Until the transfer of the United States Secret Service to 9

the Department of the Treasury, any official having au-10

thority over or functions relating to the United States Se-11

cret Service immediately before the date of enactment of 12

this Act shall provide to the Secretary of the Treasury 13

such assistance, including the use of personnel and assets, 14

as the Secretary of the Treasury may request in preparing 15

for the transfer and integration of the United States Se-16

cret Service into the Department of the Treasury. 17

(b) SERVICES AND PERSONNEL.—During the period 18

beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 19

on the effective date of this Act, upon the request of the 20

Secretary of the Treasury, the head of any executive agen-21

cy may, on a reimbursable basis, provide services or detail 22

personnel to assist with the transition. 23

(c) TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL, ASSETS, OBLIGA-24

TIONS, AND FUNCTIONS.—Upon the transfer of the 25



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United States Secret Service to the Department of the 1

Treasury— 2

(1) the personnel, assets, and obligations held 3

by or available in connection with the United States 4

Secret Service shall be transferred to the Secretary 5

of the Treasury for appropriate allocation, subject to 6

the approval of the Director of the Office of Man-7

agement and Budget and in accordance with section 8

1531(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code; and 9

(2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall have all 10

functions relating to the United States Secret Serv-11

ice that any other official could by law exercise in 12

relation to the United States Secret Service imme-13

diately before such transfer, including all such func-14

tions vested in the Secretary of Homeland Security 15

by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 16

101 et seq.) or any other law. 17

SEC. 4. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 18

(a) COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.— 19

(1) IN GENERAL.—Any completed administra-20

tive action of the United States Secret Service shall 21

not be affected by the enactment of this Act or the 22

transfer of the United States Secret Service to the 23

Department of the Treasury, but shall continue in 24

effect according to the terms of the completed ad-25



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ministrative action until the completed administra-1

tive action is amended, modified, superseded, termi-2

nated, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law 3

by an officer of the United States or a court of com-4

petent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. 5

(2) COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION DE-6

FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘completed ad-7

ministrative action’’ includes an order, a determina-8

tion, a rule, a regulation, a personnel action, a per-9

mit, an agreement, a grant, a contract, a certificate, 10

a license, a registration, and a privilege. 11

(b) PENDING PROCEEDINGS.— 12

(1) IN GENERAL.—Any pending proceeding in 13

the United States Secret Service, including a notice 14

of proposed rulemaking and an application for a li-15

cense, permit, certificate, grant, or financial assist-16

ance, shall continue notwithstanding the enactment 17

of this Act or the transfer of the United States Se-18

cret Service to the Department of the Treasury, un-19

less the pending proceeding is discontinued or modi-20

fied under the same terms and conditions and to the 21

same extent that such discontinuance could have oc-22

curred if such enactment or transfer had not oc-23

curred. 24



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(2) ORDERS.—Any order issued in a proceeding 1

described in paragraph (1), or an appeal therefrom, 2

and any payment made pursuant to such an order, 3

shall issue in the same manner and on the same 4

terms as if this Act had not been enacted or the 5

United States Secret Service had not been trans-6

ferred, and the order shall continue in effect until 7

amended, modified, superseded, terminated, set 8

aside, or revoked by an officer of the United States 9

or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation 10

of law. 11

(c) PENDING CIVIL ACTIONS.—Any pending civil ac-12

tion shall continue notwithstanding the enactment of this 13

Act or the transfer of the United States Secret Service 14

to the Department of the Treasury, and in the pending 15

civil action, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and 16

judgments rendered and enforced in the same manner and 17

with the same effect as if such enactment or transfer had 18

not occurred. 19

(d) REFERENCES.—Any reference relating to the 20

United States Secret Service in a statute, an executive 21

order, a rule, a regulation, a directive, or a delegation of 22

authority that precedes such transfer or the effective date 23

of this Act shall be deemed to refer, as appropriate, to 24

the Department of the Treasury and the United States 25



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Secret Service, to its officers, employees, or agents, or to 1

its corresponding organizational units or functions. 2

(e) EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS.— 3

(1) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the 4

Treasury may, in regulations prescribed jointly with 5

the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 6

adopt the rules, procedures, terms, and conditions 7

established by statute, rule, or regulation before the 8

effective date of this Act relating to employment in 9

the United States Secret Service transferred to the 10

Department of the Treasury by this Act. 11

(2) EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON CONDITIONS OF 12

EMPLOYMENT.—Except as otherwise provided in this 13

Act, or under authority granted by this Act, the 14

transfer pursuant to this Act of personnel shall not 15

alter the terms and conditions of employment, in-16

cluding compensation, of any employee so trans-17

ferred. 18

(f) STATUTORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Any 19

statutory reporting requirement that applied to the United 20

States Secret Service transferred to the Department of 21

Treasury by this Act immediately before the date of enact-22

ment of this Act shall continue to apply following that 23

transfer if the statutory requirement refers to the United 24

States Secret Service by name. 25



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SEC. 5. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS. 1

The Director of the Office of Management and Budg-2

et, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, is 3

authorized and directed to make such additional incidental 4

dispositions of personnel, assets, and liabilities held, used, 5

arising from, available, or to be made available, in connec-6

tion with the functions transferred by this Act, as the Di-7

rector determines necessary to accomplish the purposes of 8

this Act. 9

SEC. 6. REFERENCES. 10

With respect to any function transferred by this Act 11

and exercised on or after the effective date of this Act, 12

any reference in any other Federal law to the United 13

States Secret Service or any officer or office the functions 14

of which are so transferred shall be deemed to refer to 15

the Secretary of the Treasury or the official or component 16

of the Department of the Treasury to which such function 17

is so transferred. 18

SEC. 7. REPORT ON EXPENDITURES FOR THE PURPOSE OF 19

PROVIDING PROTECTION DURING THE 20

COURSE OF TRAVEL. 21

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 22

(1) the term ‘‘covered travel’’— 23

(A) means any trip by a protected indi-24

vidual with a stop at a location that is not 25



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owned or controlled by the Federal Government; 1

and 2

(B) includes any trip described in subpara-3

graph (A) that is outside of the United States. 4

(2) the term ‘‘immediate family’’ does not in-5

clude any child under the age of 26; 6

(3) the term ‘‘incidental expenditure’’— 7

(A) means a travel expenditure incurred by 8

United States Secret Service personnel and re-9

imbursed by the United States Secret Service; 10

and 11

(B) does not include expenditures de-12

scribed in clauses (i) or (ii) of subsection 13

(b)(1)(E); 14

(4) the term ‘‘protected individual’’ means the 15

President, the Vice President, and members of the 16

immediate family of the President and Vice Presi-17

dent during the period for which a report is sub-18

mitted under subsection (b); 19

(5) the term ‘‘travel expenditure’’— 20

(A) means any expenditure of funds by the 21

United States Secret Service for the purpose of 22

providing protection to a protected individual 23

during the course of covered travel; 24



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(B) includes any expenditure incurred by 1

an Executive department or agency for the pur-2

pose of providing protection to a protected indi-3

vidual during the course of covered travel and 4

reimbursed by the United States Secret Service; 5

and 6

(C) does not include any expenditure for— 7

(i) the pay of United States Secret 8

Service personnel; 9

(ii) the operation or maintenance of 10

any permanent protective asset; or 11

(iii) incidental expenditures. 12

(b) REPORT.— Not later than December 31 of each 13

year, the Director of the United States Secret Service shall 14

submit to the committees listed in section 9 of the Presi-15

dential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 16

3056 note), an annual report that, with respect to the pre-17

vious fiscal year, includes, at a minimum— 18

(1) for each instance of covered travel, a state-19

ment of— 20

(A) the protected individual or protected 21

individuals, if more than 1 protected individual 22

is traveling; 23

(B) the dates of departure and return; 24



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(C) each city and State or, if outside of the 1

United States, city and country, visited; 2

(D) the total amount of travel expendi-3

tures; 4

(E)(i) the total amount of expenditures for 5

operational costs, including the cost of using— 6

(I) any asset to transport a protected 7

individual; or 8

(II) any space and facility for oper-9

ational purposes; and 10

(ii) the total amount of expenditures for 11

transportation, lodging, and per diem; and 12

(F) the name of and amount paid to— 13

(i) if the total amount paid is greater 14

than $5,000, any individual who is not an 15

employee of the Federal Government or a 16

foreign government; and 17

(ii) if the total amount paid is greater 18

than $5,000, any entity that is not an enti-19

ty of the Federal Government or a foreign 20

government. 21

(2) for each protected individual, the total 22

amount of incidental expenditures incurred for the 23

purpose of providing protection to the protected indi-24

vidual during the reporting period. 25



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(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-1

section (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 2

may include a nonpublic annex for information reported 3

under subsection (b)(1)(F) that the United States Secret 4

Service determines could harm the protective mission if 5

publicly disclosed and classified information. The non-6

public annex and any draft of the annex shall be exempt 7

from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States 8

Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of Information 9

Act’’). 10

SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 11

(a) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—The 12

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) 13

is amended— 14

(1) in section 2(11) (6 U.S.C. 101(11)), by 15

striking ‘‘except—’’ and all that follows through 16

‘‘the Coast Guard, when’’ and inserting ‘‘except the 17

Coast Guard, when’’; 18

(2) in section 103(d) (6 U.S.C. 113(d))— 19

(A) by striking paragraph (1); and 20

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 21

through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), re-22

spectively; 23

(3) in section 210G (6 U.S.C. 124n)— 24

(A) in subsection (a)— 25



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(i) by striking ‘‘the Secretary and the 1

Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-2

retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary 3

of the Treasury, and the Attorney Gen-4

eral’’; and 5

(ii) by striking ‘‘the Secretary or’’ and 6

inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Se-7

curity, the Secretary of the Treasury, or’’; 8

(B) in subsection (b)— 9

(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘The 10

Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of 11

Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 12

Treasury,’’; 13

(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘The 14

Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of 15


Treasury,’’; and 17

(iii) in paragraph (4), by striking 18

‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-19


of the Treasury,’’; 21

(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the Sec-22

retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Home-23

land Security, the Secretary of the Treasury,’’; 24

(D) in subsection (d)— 25



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(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The 1

Secretary,’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary 2

of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 3


(ii) in paragraph (2)— 5

(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-6

ing ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 7

‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Security, 8

the Secretary of the Treasury,’’; and 9

(II) in subparagraph (B), by 10

striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert-11

ing ‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Se-12

curity, the Secretary of the Treas-13

ury,’’; 14

(E) in subsection (e)— 15

(i) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, 16

the Secretary of the Treasury,’’ after ‘‘the 17

Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 18


(I) in the matter preceding sub-20

paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, the De-21

partment of the Treasury,’’ after ‘‘De-22

partment of Homeland Security’’; and 23

(II) in subparagraph (C)— 24



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(aa) by striking ‘‘and the 1

Department of Justice’’ and in-2

serting ‘‘, the Department of the 3

Treasury, and the Department of 4

Justice, or any combination of 5

those agencies,’’; and 6

(bb) by striking ‘‘either 7

agency’’ and inserting ‘‘any such 8

agencies’’; and 9

(iii) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, 10

the Department of the Treasury,’’ after 11

‘‘Department of Homeland Security’’; 12

(F) in subsection (f), in the first sen-13

tence— 14

(i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 15

inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Se-16

curity, the Secretary of the Treasury,’’; 17

(ii) by inserting ‘‘, treasury,’’ after 18

‘‘homeland security’’; and 19

(iii) by inserting ‘‘, the Department of 20

the Treasury,’’ after ‘‘Department of 21

Homeland Security’’; 22

(G) in subsection (g)— 23

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 24

Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 25



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Treasury,’’; 2


(I) in subparagraph (E), by in-4

serting ‘‘, the Department of the 5

Treasury,’’ after ‘‘Department of Jus-6

tice’’; 7

(II) in subparagraph (F), by 8

striking ‘‘how the Secretary,’’ and in-9

serting ‘‘how the Secretary of Home-10

land Security, the Secretary of the 11


(III) in subparagraph (G), by 13

striking ‘‘how the Secretary,’’ and in-14

serting ‘‘how the Secretary of Home-15

land Security, the Secretary of the 16


(iii) in paragraph (5), in the first sen-18

tence, by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and in-19

serting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Secu-20

rity, the Secretary of the Treasury,’’; 21

(H) in subsection (h)— 22

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 23

Secretary or’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary 24



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Treasury, or’’; 2

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 3

Secretary or’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary 4


Treasury, or’’; 6

(iii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or 7

the Secretary of the Treasury’’ after ‘‘At-8

torney General’’; 9

(iv) in paragraph (4)— 10

(I) by inserting ‘‘or the Secretary 11

of the Treasury’’ after ‘‘the Secretary 12

of Homeland Security’’; and 13

(II) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and insert-14

ing a semicolon; 15

(v) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 16

paragraph (6); 17

(vi) by inserting after paragraph (4) 18

the following: 19

‘‘(5) vest in the Secretary of the Treasury any 20

authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security or 21

the Attorney General; or’’; and 22

(vii) in paragraph (6), as so redesig-23

nated— 24



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(I) by striking ‘‘the Secretary or’’ 1

and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 2

Homeland Security, the Secretary of 3

the Treasury, or the’’; and 4

(II) by striking ‘‘the Secretary 5

and’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 6


the Treasury, and the’’; 8

(I) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘the Sec-9

retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Home-10

land Security, the Secretary of the Treasury,’’; 11

(J) in subsection (k)— 12

(i) in paragraph (3)— 13

(I) in subparagraph (A)— 14

(aa) by striking ‘‘the Sec-15

retary or’’ and inserting ‘‘the 16

Secretary of Homeland Security, 17

the Secretary of the Treasury, 18

or’’; and 19

(bb) by striking ‘‘subpara-20

graph (C)(i)(II) and (C)(iii)(I)’’ 21

and inserting ‘‘clauses (iii) and 22

(iv)(I) of subparagraph (C)’’; 23

(II) in subparagraph (C)— 24



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(aa) in the matter preceding 1

clause (i), by striking ‘‘one’’ and 2

inserting ‘‘1’’; 3

(bb) in clause (i)— 4

(AA) in the matter pre-5

ceding subclause (I), by in-6

serting ‘‘of Homeland Secu-7

rity’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; 8

(BB) in subclause (I), 9

by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end; 10

(CC) by striking sub-11

clause (II); and 12

(DD) by redesignating 13

subclause (III) as subclause 14

(II); 15

(cc) by redesignating clauses 16

(iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and 17

(v), respectively; 18

(dd) by inserting after 19

clause (ii) the following: 20

‘‘(iii) missions authorized to be per-21

formed by the Department of the Treas-22

ury, consistent with governing statutes, 23

regulations, and orders issued by the Sec-24

retary of the Treasury pertaining to 25



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United States Secret Service protection op-1

erations pursuant to sections 3056(a) and 2

3056A(a) of title 18, United States Code, 3

and the Presidential Protection Assistance 4

Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note);’’; 5

(ee) in clause (iv), as so re-6

designated, in the matter pre-7

ceding subclause (I)— 8

(AA) by inserting ‘‘, the 9

Department of the Treas-10

ury,’’ after ‘‘Department of 11

Homeland Security’’; and 12

(BB) by striking ‘‘the 13

Secretary or’’ and inserting 14

‘‘the Secretary of Homeland 15

Security, the Secretary of 16

the Treasury, or’’; and 17

(ff) in clause (v), as so re-18

designated— 19

(AA) by striking 20

‘‘clause (iii)’’ and inserting 21

‘‘clause (iv)’’; and 22

(BB) by striking ‘‘Sec-23

retary,’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-24



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retary of Homeland Secu-1

rity,’’; 2


(I) by inserting ‘‘, treasury,’’ 4

after ‘‘homeland security’’; 5

(II) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ 6

and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 7


the Treasury,’’; and 9

(III) by inserting ‘‘, respec-10

tively,’’ after ‘‘Attorney General’’; 11

(iii) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, 12

the Department of the Treasury,’’ after 13

‘‘Department of Homeland Security’’; and 14

(iv) in paragraph (8), in the matter 15

preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 16

‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-17


of the Treasury,’’; and 19

(K) in subsection (l)(1), in the matter pre-20

ceding subparagraph (A)— 21

(i) by striking ‘‘Secretary shall’’ and 22

inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security 23

shall’’; and 24



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(ii) by inserting ‘‘, the Secretary of 1

the Treasury,’’ after ‘‘Attorney General’’; 2

and 3

(4) in section 875(d)(1) (6 U.S.C. 455(d)(1)), 4

in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the Secret Service 5

or’’. 6

(b) TITLE 18.—Chapter 203 of title 18, United 7

States Code, is amended— 8

(1) in section 3056, in subsections (a), (b), (c), 9

(e)(1), (f), and (g), by striking ‘‘of Homeland Secu-10

rity’’ each place that term appears and inserting ‘‘of 11

the Treasury’’; and 12

(2) in section 3056A— 13

(A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre-14

ceding paragraph (1), in the second sentence, 15

by striking ‘‘of Homeland Security’’ and insert-16

ing ‘‘of the Treasury’’; and 17

(B) in subsection (d), in the first and sec-18

ond sentences, by striking ‘‘of Homeland Secu-19

rity’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Treasury’’. 20

(c) TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is amend-21

ed— 22

(1) in section 6324(b)(3), by striking ‘‘of 23

Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Treas-24

ury’’; and 25



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(2) in section 10201(2), by striking ‘‘the De-1

partment of Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘the 2

Treasury’’. 3

(d) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—The In-4

spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend-5

ed— 6

(1) in section 8D(b)(1)— 7

(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and 8

by the Office of Professional Responsibility of 9

the United States Secret Service’’ after ‘‘Trade 10

Bureau’’; and 11

(B) in the second sentence, by striking 12

‘‘The head of such’’ and inserting ‘‘The head of 13

each such’’; and 14

(2) in section 8I(e), in the first sentence, by 15

striking ‘‘the Office of Inspections of the United 16

States Secret Service,’’. 17

(e) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPRO-18

PRIATIONS ACT, 2007.—Section 532 of the Department 19

of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (6 U.S.C. 20

382) is amended— 21

(1) in subsection (d), in the first sentence, by 22

striking ‘‘of Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘of 23

the Treasury’’; and 24

(2) in subsection (e)— 25



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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of 1

Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘of the 2

Treasury’’; and 3

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘of 4

Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘of the 5

Treasury’’. 6

(f) IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 9/11 7

COMMISSION ACT OF 2007.—Section 502 of the Imple-8

menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 9

2007 (Public Law 110–53; 121 Stat. 310) is amended by 10

striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as 11

subsection (b). 12

SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 13

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 14

(b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 15

take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of 16

enactment of this Act. 17

(b) TRANSITION PERIOD.—Any action authorized to 18

be taken under subsection (a) or (b) of section 3 may be 19

taken beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 20

SEC. 10. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 21

Except as provided in section 8, nothing in this Act 22

or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed 23

to modify or amend section 3056 or 3056A of title 18, 24



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United States Code, or the Homeland Security Act of 1

2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.). 2

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 3

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 4

as are necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments 5

made by this Act. 6



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(Original Signature of Member) TH D CONGRESS SESSION ......(Original Signature of Member) 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. ll To transfer the United States Secret Service to the Department