Secret Service Prioritization Act of 2025
Secret Service Prioritization Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Secret Service Prioritization Act of 2025 - Summary **What the bill would do:** This bill would reassign most of the Secret Service's criminal investigation responsibilities to the FBI. The Secret Service would keep only two core duties: investigating threats against the President, Vice President, and their successors, plus threats against former Presidents and certain other protected individuals. The FBI would take over the Secret Service's current investigations into counterfeiting, financial crimes (like identity theft and fraud), computer crimes, and misconduct involving government loans and transportation. **Who it affects:** This change would primarily impact federal law enforcement operations and how investigations are organized between two agencies.
Citizens wouldn't directly interact differently with either agency, but it could affect how criminal cases involving counterfeiting, fraud, and cybercrime are handled at the federal level. **Current status:** The bill was introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) in the 119th Congress and is currently in committee, meaning it hasn't advanced to a full House vote yet. The bill remains in the early stages of the legislative process.
CRS Official Summary
Secret Service Prioritization Act of 2025This bill transfers most investigative authorities of the U.S. Secret Service to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Specifically, the bill transfers to the FBI the Secret Service's authority to investigate federal criminal offenses involving (1) certain misconduct in connection with government transportation requests, federal farm loans, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (2) coins, obligations, and securities of the United States and foreign governments, including counterfeiting of U.S. currency; and (3) financial and computer-based crimes, including identity theft, electronic access fraud, computer fraud, and electronic benefits transfer fraud. Under the bill, the Secret Service retains the authority to investigate two categories of federal criminal offenses: (1) threats against the President, President-elect, Vice President, or Vice President-elect; and (2) threats against former Presidents and certain other persons.
Latest Action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.