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To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide candidates with a justification for candidate protection determinations, to require Senate confirmation of the Director of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide written justification when denying Secret Service protection to presidential or vice presidential candidates, explaining which eligibility criteria the candidate failed to meet. Candidates may request reconsideration within 14 days and must receive a final written determination within 14 days of that request, with a copy provided to the candidate's advisory committee. The bill also requires that the Director of the United States Secret Service be appointed by the President with Senate confirmation, rather than through internal agency selection. These provisions aim to increase transparency and oversight in the candidate protection process.
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Top reported contributors to August Pfluger’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
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Actions (2)
- Jan 31, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 31, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 31, 2025
Mr. Pfluger (for himself and Mr. Guest) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide candidates with a justification for candidate protection determinations, to require Senate confirmation of the Director of the United States Secret Service, 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 “Countering Subversion and Negligence in Protecting Election Runners Act” or the “Counter SNIPER Act”.
SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROTECTION; SENATE CONFIRMATION OF DIRECTOR.
Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h)(1) In the case that the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that any Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate requesting a protective detail or an increase in assigned protective detail resources is not eligible for such detail or increased resources for the purpose of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the candidate and the advisory committee, within 14 days after such a request is made, a written notice of the Secretary’s determination, indicating the criteria that such candidate failed to meet for such purpose.
“(2) Any Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate may submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security a written request to reconsider the determination described in paragraph (1), which may include facts to support that the criteria specified by the Secretary of Homeland Security have been met for the purpose of this section.
“(3) Not later than 14 days after a request for reconsideration is submitted under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall review such request and submit to the Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate a written notice of the Secretary’s final determination on whether the criteria have been met for the purpose of this section, and provide a copy of such final determination to the advisory committee.
“(i) The United States Secret Service shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.”. <all>
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