[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5124 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5124

 To require the United States Secret Service to provide protection to 
 major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and their spouses 
  at the same level of protection provided to the President, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2024

    Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
Lankford, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Budd, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, 
    Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. Cornyn) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the United States Secret Service to provide protection to 
 major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and their spouses 
  at the same level of protection provided to the President, 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 ``Protect our Presidents Act''.

SEC. 2. SECURITY INCREASE FOR PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
              CANDIDATES.

    Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(h)(1) In this subsection, the term `covered individual' means--
            ``(A) a President-elect;
            ``(B) a Vice President-elect;
            ``(C) a major Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate 
        (as defined in subsection (a)(7)) who has accepted a nomination 
        for President or Vice President at a national nominating 
        convention of a political party; and
            ``(D) the spouse of an individual described in 
        subparagraphs (A) through (C).
    ``(2)(A) The United States Secret Service shall provide to covered 
individuals--
            ``(i) the same level of protection provided to the 
        President under subsection (a)(1); and
            ``(ii) any necessary protective measure.
    ``(B) A covered individual may decline the increased protection 
provided under subparagraph (A).
    ``(3) In a Presidential election year, not later than 15 days after 
the date on which a major Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate 
(as defined in subsection (a)(7)) accepts a nomination for President or 
Vice President at a national nominating convention of a political 
party, and every 15 days thereafter until the date of the Presidential 
election, the United States Secret Service shall provide to the 
majority and minority leaders of the Senate, the Speaker and minority 
leader of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report and briefing 
on--
            ``(A) the threat level posed to each major Presidential and 
        Vice Presidential candidate (as defined in subsection (a)(7)) 
        who has accepted a nomination for President or Vice President 
        at a national nominating convention of a political party; and
            ``(B) all security measures being implemented for each 
        candidate described in subparagraph (A), including the cost of 
        those measures, the number of personnel permanently assigned to 
        the protective detail of the candidate, and a list of any unmet 
        security needs of the candidate.''.
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