PROTECT Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3125 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3125

   To require the Director of the United States Secret Service to be 
          appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 6, 2025

    Mr. Grassley (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Director of the United States Secret Service to be 
          appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Real Oversight and 
Transparency to Effectively Counter Threats Act of 2025'' or the 
``PROTECT Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SENATE CONFIRMATION.

    Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(h)(1) The United States Secret Service shall be headed by a 
Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate.
    ``(2)(A) With respect to the term of service of the Director of the 
United States Secret Service--
            ``(i) the term shall be 10 years; and
            ``(ii) an individual appointed as the Director may serve 
        not more than 1 term.
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall take effect on the date on which the 
President first appoints an individual as the Director of the United 
States Secret Service after the date of enactment of the Providing Real 
Oversight and Transparency to Effectively Counter Threats Act of 
2025.''.
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