HR 3731 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018

Introduced Sep 11, 2017 Originated House Became Public Law 115-160 Sponsor John Katko R-NY

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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.

  1. IntroducedSep 11, 2017
  2. Passed HouseDec 5, 2017
  3. Passed SenateMar 19, 2018
  4. To the PresidentMar 22, 2018
  5. 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 callQuestionResultDate
House 655On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassPassed407–4Dec 5, 2017

Yea 407

Nay 4

Not voting 22

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.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalSep 11, 2017
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalSep 11, 2017
R-NYDaniel M. Donovan, Jr.OriginalSep 11, 2017
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 11, 2017
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalSep 11, 2017
R-TXJohn RatcliffeOriginalSep 11, 2017
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOriginalSep 11, 2017
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalSep 11, 2017
R-SCTrey GowdyOriginalSep 11, 2017
R-NYPeter T. KingSep 12, 2017
R-PAScott PerrySep 13, 2017
R-INSusan W. BrooksSep 13, 2017
R-VAThomas A. Garrett, Jr.Sep 13, 2017
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordOct 11, 2017
R-MIMike BishopOct 24, 2017

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 11, 2017
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Sep 27, 2017
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Sep 11, 2017Markup Sep 13, 2017Reported Dec 4, 2017
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Dec 6, 2017Discharged Mar 19, 2018

Actions 24

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 3, 2018Signed by President.
  2. Apr 3, 2018Became Public Law No: 115-160.
  3. Mar 22, 2018Presented to President.
  4. Mar 21, 2018Mr. Gowdy asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's Table and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H1751)
  5. Mar 21, 2018Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H1751)
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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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H1751Amendments H1751Trey Gowdy R-SCMar 21, 2018
SenateDebate and remarks S1796Amendments S1795, S1796Chuck Grassley R-IA (amendment), Mitch McConnell R-KYMar 19, 2018
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E35Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJJan 11, 2018
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1720Bennie G. Thompson D-MSDec 18, 2017
HouseDebate and remarks H9633–H9637Text printed H9633Recorded votes H9639enactBob 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-TXDec 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

  1. 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Officer thereof.

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.

AmendmentDescriptionOffered byStatus
SA 2214In the nature of a substitute.Chuck Grassley R-IAAmendment SA 2214 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3663Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension ActRelated billNov 28, 2018
HR 6893Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension ActRelated billDec 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.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Mar 19, 2018Engrossed Amendment Senate
  3. Dec 6, 2017Referred in Senate
  4. Dec 5, 2017Engrossed in House
  5. Sep 11, 2017Introduced in House

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