Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018
Latest action · Apr 3, 2018 Became Public Law No: 115-160.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 11, 2017
- Passed HouseDec 5, 2017
- Passed SenateMar 19, 2018
- To the PresidentMar 22, 2018
- Became lawApr 3, 2018Public Law 115-160
Summary
Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend through 2018, subject to specified limitations, the exemption of U.S. Secret Service officers, employees, and agents who perform protective services from the limitation on premium pay otherwise applicable to federal employees. The bill specifies that the exemption also applies to the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division.
The bill provides that such amendments shall take effect as if they had been enacted on December 31, 2016.
The Secret Service must report to Congress by January 30, 2018, and January 30, 2019, on premium pay above the limitation paid to Secret Service personnel in the previous year.
(Sec. 3) The Government Accountability Office shall study and report to specified congressional committees on the extent of the progress made by the Secret Service in implementing the recommendations of the U.S. Secret Service Protective Mission Panel, including those items which pertain to training and personnel enumerated in the Executive Summary to Report from the panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security, dated December 15, 2014.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 655 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed407–4 | Dec 5, 2017 |
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 11, 2017 to Oct 24, 2017; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Sep 11, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Sep 11, 2017 |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Original | Sep 11, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 11, 2017 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Sep 11, 2017 |
| R-TX | John Ratcliffe | Original | Sep 11, 2017 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Sep 11, 2017 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Sep 11, 2017 |
| R-SC | Trey Gowdy | Original | Sep 11, 2017 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Sep 12, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Sep 13, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Sep 13, 2017 | |
| R-VA | Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. | Sep 13, 2017 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Oct 11, 2017 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Oct 24, 2017 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2017 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Sep 27, 2017 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2017Markup Sep 13, 2017Reported Dec 4, 2017 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 6, 2017Discharged Mar 19, 2018 |
Actions 24
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2018Signed by President.
- Apr 3, 2018Became Public Law No: 115-160.
- Mar 22, 2018Presented to President.
- Mar 21, 2018Mr. Gowdy asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's Table and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H1751)
- Mar 21, 2018Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H1751)
- Mar 21, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 20, 2018Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 19, 2018Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 19, 2018Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1796)
- Mar 19, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1796)
- Dec 6, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Dec 5, 2017Mr. Rutherford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 5, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9633-9637)
- Dec 5, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3731.
- Dec 5, 2017At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Dec 5, 2017Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9639-9640)
- Dec 5, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 4 (Roll no. 655). (text: CR H9633)
- Dec 5, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 4, 2017Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-435, Part I.
- Sep 27, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Sep 13, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 13, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 11, 2017Introduced in House
- Sep 11, 2017Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1751Amendments H1751 | Trey Gowdy R-SC | Mar 21, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1796Amendments S1795, S1796 | Chuck Grassley R-IA (amendment), Mitch McConnell R-KY | Mar 19, 2018 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E35 | Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1720 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS | Dec 18, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9633–H9637Text printed H9633Recorded votes H9639enact | Bob Goodlatte R-VA, Elijah E. Cummings D-MD, Jerrold Nadler D-NY, Jody B. Hice R-GA, John H. Rutherford R-FL, John Katko R-NY, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Dec 5, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 14, 2017H.R. 3731, Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 13, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 146, September 11, 2017, page H7223.
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2214 | In the nature of a substitute. | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Amendment SA 2214 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3663 | Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act | Related bill | Nov 28, 2018 |
| HR 6893 | Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act | Related bill | Dec 21, 2018 |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title
- An act to provide overtime pay for employees of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes
- Short Title
- Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide overtime pay for employees of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018
- Other Short Titles
- Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Mar 19, 2018Engrossed Amendment Senate
- Dec 6, 2017Referred in Senate
- Dec 5, 2017Engrossed in House
- Sep 11, 2017Introduced in House
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