HR 3731 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Law enforcement officers

Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018

Introduced: September 11, 2017 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 26 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 3, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-160.

Apr 3, 2018

Signed by President.

Mar 22, 2018

Presented to President.

Mar 21, 2018

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Mar 21, 2018

On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H1751)

Mar 21, 2018

Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H1751)

Mar 21, 2018

Mr. Gowdy asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's Table and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H1751)

Mar 20, 2018

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Mar 19, 2018

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1796)

Mar 19, 2018

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1796)

Mar 19, 2018

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1796)

Mar 19, 2018

Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Dec 6, 2017

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Dec 5, 2017

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Dec 5, 2017

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, 2017

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9639-9640)

Dec 5, 2017

At 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, 2017

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3731.

Dec 5, 2017

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9633-9637)

Dec 5, 2017

Mr. Rutherford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Dec 4, 2017

Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-435, Part I.

Sep 27, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Sep 13, 2017

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Sep 13, 2017

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Sep 11, 2017

Referred 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.

Sep 11, 2017

Introduced in House

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Dec 5, 2017	House · vote #655	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Passed	407–4	See who voted →

Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
SAMDT 2,214	Grassley, Chuck	In the nature of a substitute.	Agreed to	Mar 19, 2018

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now April 3, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-160.

Related & companion bills 2

Bill text 6 versions

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 4

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 12

Bishop, Mike

· Oct 24, 2017

Rutherford, John H.

Florida · Oct 11, 2017

Pennsylvania · Sep 13, 2017

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Sep 11, 2017

Ratcliffe, John

· Sep 11, 2017

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Sep 11, 2017

Watson Coleman, Bonnie

New Jersey · Sep 11, 2017

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