[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 368 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 368

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide United States Secret 
Service protection to former Vice Presidents, their spouses, and their 
               children under 16, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2021

  Mrs. Torres of California introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide United States Secret 
Service protection to former Vice Presidents, their spouses, and their 
               children under 16, 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 ``Protecting Vice Presidents Act''.

SEC. 2. SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION TO FORMER VICE PRESIDENTS, THEIR 
              SPOUSES, AND THEIR CHILDREN UNDER AGE OF 16.

    Section 3056(a)(8) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(8) Former Vice Presidents, their spouses, and their 
        children who are under 16 years of age, except that protection 
        of a spouse shall terminate in the event of remarriage.''.
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