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To require the Director of the United States Secret Service to be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Summary
This bill amends federal law to require that the United States Secret Service Director be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Currently, the Secret Service Director is appointed by the President without Senate confirmation. The bill specifies that the Director would serve a single 10-year term and cannot serve additional terms. The Senate confirmation requirement takes effect upon the first Director appointment after the law is enacted.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- Nov 6, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Nov 6, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 6, 2025
Mr. Grassley (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To require the Director of the United States Secret Service to be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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 “Providing Real Oversight and Transparency to Effectively Counter Threats Act of 2025” or the “PROTECT Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. SENATE CONFIRMATION.
Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h)(1) The United States Secret Service shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
“(2)(A) With respect to the term of service of the Director of the United States Secret Service—
“(i) the term shall be 10 years; and
“(ii) an individual appointed as the Director may serve not more than 1 term.
“(B) Subparagraph (A) shall take effect on the date on which the President first appoints an individual as the Director of the United States Secret Service after the date of enactment of the Providing Real Oversight and Transparency to Effectively Counter Threats Act of 2025.”. <all>
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