“To establish within the Department of Homeland Security the Extraordinary Protection Reimbursement Program.”
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This section establishes the Extraordinary Protection Reimbursement Program, under which the Secretary of Homeland Security provides grants to State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments to reimburse protection activities directly and demonstrably associated with non-governmental properties (as designated under the Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976) of persons protected by the Secret Service pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3056(a)(1) (President, Vice President or successor, President-elect, Vice President-elect), (3) (former Presidents and spouses), (7) (major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and spouses), and (8) (former Vice Presidents and minor children). (Thus, the program offsets local costs for securing private residences and similar sites of current and certain former senior executive and major campaign officials.)
This section establishes eligibility requirements for grants under the program. To qualify, an applicant must (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.
This section restricts the use of reimbursable grants distributed under this section to three purposes: (1) personnel costs for man-hours spent directly protecting non-governmental property, including dedicated patrols around a residence or office and officers posted to the property; (2) equipment acquired explicitly for property protection, subject to the U.S. Secret Service Director's certification of need for the equipment and related travel; and (3) protection services provided only while the protected person is physically present at the property or traveling to or from it.
This section directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to the House and Senate Committees on Homeland Security (and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, respectively), House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, not later than 180 days after enactment, a report on the implementation of recommendations in the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's report dated July 28, 2023, and to ensure future implementation of each such recommendation.
This section requires the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to conduct an audit of the program each fiscal year, with additional inspections as appropriate, and to submit a report on the audit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not later than 90 days after the start of the following fiscal year. The section also requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit an annual report to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for each fiscal year grants are made, including (1) the total amount of grants disbursed that year and (2) for each grantee, its identity, grant amount, total man-hours spent protecting a property, and an itemized list of equipment acquired using the grant along with the certification required under section 4(2)(B).
This section defines “non-governmental property” for purposes of the Act as any non-governmental, owned or leased property designated for protection by the United States Secret Service, excluding any hotel or other place of temporary accommodation of less than 30 days.
This section authorizes appropriations of $61 million for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to carry out this Act. Administration of these funds is to be executed by the Department's Management Directorate or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as directed by the Secretary, in coordination with the Secret Service as appropriate.