H.R. 7876

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7876 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7876

To establish within the Department of Homeland Security the 
Extraordinary Protection Reimbursement Program.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 9, 2026

Mr. Landsman (for himself and Mr. Pfluger) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To establish within the Department of Homeland Security the 
Extraordinary Protection Reimbursement Program.

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 ``Secret Service-Local Law Enforcement 
Partnership Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.

The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a program to be 
known as the Extraordinary Protection Reimbursement Program to provide 
grants to reimburse State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments 
for protection activities directly and demonstrably associated with the 
non-governmental properties as designated in the Presidential 
Protection Assistance Act of 1976 of persons protected pursuant to 
paragraphs (1), (3), (7), and (8) of section 3056 of title 18, United 
States Code.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY.

To be eligible for a grant under the program, an applicant shall--
(1) be a State, local, Tribal, or territorial law 
enforcement agency; and
(2) certify that the grant will be used only for costs 
incurred in excess of typical law enforcement operation costs 
that are directly attributable to the provision of protection 
as described in section 4.

SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS.

Grants distributed under this section on a reimbursable basis may 
be used only in accordance with the following:
(1) In the case of amounts expended on costs pertaining to 
personnel, grant amounts may only be expended for man-hours 
spent directly on protection of a non-governmental property, 
including patrols dedicated to the area immediately surrounding 
the residence or office and officers otherwise posted to 
protection of the property.
(2) In the case of amounts expended on equipment, grant 
amounts may only be expended--
(A) for the explicit purpose of protection of a 
property; and
(B) the Director of the United States Secret 
Service shall ensure the need for the grantee to 
acquire equipment for the protection of the property 
and travel to and from the property.
(3) Grant amounts may only be expended on protection 
provided while the protected person is physically present at, 
or traveling to or from, the property.

SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate a report on the implementation of the 
recommendations included in the report of the Inspector General of the 
Department of Homeland Security, dated July 28, 2023. The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall thereafter ensure future implementation of each 
such recommendation.

SEC. 6. ACCOUNTABILITY.

(a) Inspector General Audit.--The Inspector General of the 
Department of Homeland Security shall carry out an audit of the program 
under this section each fiscal year and may carry out such other 
inspections of the program as the Inspector General determines 
appropriate. The Inspector General shall submit a report on such audit 
by not later than 90 days after the first date of the following fiscal 
year to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(b) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
a report for each fiscal year grants are made to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate that 
includes--
(1) the total amount of grants disbursed that fiscal year; 
and
(2) for each grantee--
(A) the identity of the grantee;
(B) the amount of the grant;
(C) the total man-hours spent on protection of a 
property by the grantee; and
(D) an itemized list of all equipment acquired 
using the grant, including the certification referred 
to in section 4(2)(B) for that equipment.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act, the term ``non-governmental property''--
(1) means any non-governmental, owned or leased, property 
designated for protection by the United States Secret Service; 
and
(2) does not include any hotel or other place of temporary 
accommodation of less than 30 days.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$61,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028. 
Administration of these funds shall be executed by the Department's 
Management Directorate or Federal Emergency Management Agency, as 
directed by the Secretary, in coordination with the Secret Service as 
appropriate.
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