18 U.S.C. § 3056
Powers, authorities, and duties of United States Secret Service
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 3056, Powers, authorities, and duties of United States Secret Service, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449719
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Under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States Secret Service is authorized to protect the following persons:
Under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secret Service is authorized to detect and arrest any person who violates—
Under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, officers and agents of the Secret Service are authorized to—
At the end of each fiscal year, the President through such agency or office as the President may designate, shall report to the Congress—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Joint resolution designating the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to provide for protection of the spouses of major Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominees.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a criminal penalty for threats against former Presidents, major Presidential candidates, and certain other persons protected by the Secret Service, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend chapter 84, section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to establish zones of protection for certain persons protected by the United States Secret Service.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1984.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, to update the authorities of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995
- Economic Espionage Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001
- Homeland Security Act of 2002
- PROTECT Act
- USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
- Former Vice President Protection Act of 2008House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.House: 413–3Senate: no recorded tally