United States HR 8702: Secret Service Transfer Act of 2026

Bill Text

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119THCONGRESS 
2
DSESSION 
H. R. 8702 
To establish the United States Secret Service within the Executive Office 
of the President. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
MAY7, 2026 
Mr.  M
OSKOWITZ(for  himself  and  Mr.  FRY)  introduced  the  following  bill;  
which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  the  Judiciary,  and  in  addition  
to  the  Committee  on  Homeland  Security,  for  a  period  to  be  subsequently  
determined  by  the  Speaker,  in  each  case  for  consideration  of  such  provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A  BILL  
To establish the United States Secret Service within the 
Executive Office of the President. 
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  ‘‘Secret  Service  Trans-4
fer Act of 2026’’. 5
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SEC.  2.  TRANSFER  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  SECRET  SERV-1
ICE   TO   THE   EXECUTIVE   OFFICE   OF   THE   2
PRESIDENT. 3
(a) T
RANSFER.—There are hereby transferred to and 4
vested  in  the  Executive  Office  of  the  President  all  func-5
tions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States 6
Secret  Service  (hereinafter  in  this  Act  referred  to  as  the  7
‘‘Service’’),  including  the  officers  and  components  of  the  8
Service. 9
(b)  A
DMINISTRATOR.—There  shall  be  at  the  head  of  10
the  Service  a  Director  of  the  Service,  who  shall  be  ap-11
pointed  by  the  President.  The  Service  shall  be  adminis-12
tered  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  Director.  13
The  Director  shall  be  compensated  at  the  same  rate  as  14
the Director is compensated at as of the date of enactment 15
of this Act. The Director of the United States Secret Serv-16
ice  at  the  date  of  enactment  of  this  Act  shall  continue  to  17
serve as the Director of the Service. 18
(c)  P
ROGRAMTRANSFERS.—The  functions  that,  im-19
mediately  before  the  effective  date  of  this  title,  were  per-20
formed by the Director of the United States Secret Service 21
are  hereby  transferred.  During  the  transition  period,  the  22
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the Direc-23
tor such assistance, including the use of personnel and as-24
sets,  as  the  Director  may  request  in  preparing  for  the  25
transfer. 26
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(d)  CONTINUATION  OFSERVICE.—Each  officer  and  1
component  of  the  United  States  Secret  Service  as  of  the  2
date  of  enactment  of  this  Act  shall  be  transferred  to  the  3
Service and shall continue in operation as part of the Serv-4
ice  in  the  same  manner  and  subject  to  the  same  level  of  5
compensation and conditions of service. 6
(e)  R
EORGANIZATION.—The  Director  of  the  United  7
States  Secret  Service  may  reorganize  the  agency  as  nec-8
essary  to  maximize  efficiency,  enhance  operational  effec-9
tiveness,  and  ensure  the  agency  fulfills  its  protective  mis-10
sion.  However,  upon  transition  to  the  Executive  Office  of  11
the  President,  the  agency  shall  initially  maintain  its  orga-12
nizational  structure,  roles,  and  functions  as  they  existed  13
immediately  prior  to  the  date  of  enactment  of  this  Act.  14
Any  subsequent  reorganization  shall  comply  with  applica-15
ble Federal laws and regulations. 16
(f)  R
EFERENCES.—Any  reference  in  any  other  Fed-17
eral  law,  Executive  order,  rule,  regulation,  or  delegation  18
of authority, or any document of or pertaining to an agen-19
cy  or  office  from  which  a  function  is  transferred  by  this  20
Act— 21
(1)  to  the  Director  of  the  United  States  Secret  22
Service  or  an  officer  of  the  United  States  Secret  23
Service,  is  deemed  to  refer  to  the  head  of  the  office,  24
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agency,  or  department  to  which  such  function  is  1
transferred, and 2
(2)   to   the   United   States   Secret   Service   is   3
deemed to refer to the agency or office to which such 4
function is transferred. 5
(g)  E
XERCISE  OFAUTHORITIES.—Except  as  other-6
wise provided by law, a Federal official to whom a function 7
is transferred by this Act may, for purposes of performing 8
that function, exercise all authorities under any other pro-9
vision  of  law  that  were  available  with  respect  to  the  per-10
forman