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18 U.S.C. § 3056A

Powers, authorities, and duties of United States Secret Service Uniformed Division

United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

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18 U.S.C. § 3056A, Powers, authorities, and duties of United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449720
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There is hereby created and established a permanent police force, to be known as the “United States Secret Service Uniformed Division”. Subject to the supervision of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall perform such duties as the Director, United States Secret Service, may prescribe in connection with the protection of the following: Foreign diplomatic missions located in metropolitan areas (other than the District of Columbia) in the United States where there are located twenty or more such missions headed by full-time officers, except that such protection shall be provided only— when the extraordinary protective need arises at or in association with a visit to— Under the direction of the Director of the Secret Service, members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division are authorized to—

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