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H.R. 3731: Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018

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H.R. 3731: Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-11 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Became Public Law No: 115-160.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 655 (2017): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR3731 (2017-12-05), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 115-160. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018

Plain 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.

Congressional Research Service summary (House agreed to Senate amendment without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (House agreed to Senate amendment without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] · 15 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3731, Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017 (2017-11-14)

Cosponsors on this site

Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Scott Perry (R-PA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL)

Recorded votes

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Exemption
A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
Securities
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3731 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115