# Plain Language Summary: Secret Service Prioritization Act of 2025

This bill would move several crime-fighting responsibilities from the Secret Service to the FBI. Specifically, it would transfer the Secret Service's authority to investigate and arrest people who commit financial crimes—like counterfeiting money, committing fraud against banks, stealing credit card information, and creating fake identity documents. The Secret Service would keep its job protecting the President and investigating threats against him, but would hand off most of its criminal investigation work to the FBI.

The practical effect is that if you're involved in a financial crime or fraud case, you'd likely be investigated by the FBI instead of the Secret Service. For example, if someone commits identity theft or defrauds a federally insured bank, the FBI would take the lead on that investigation rather than Secret Service agents. The bill also requires the FBI and Secret Service to work together during a transition period to make sure cases and personnel are properly handed over, and it protects any ongoing investigations or legal cases so they can continue without disruption.

The bill includes protections to ensure that any agreements, licenses, permits, or legal proceedings that were already in progress under the Secret Service would continue as normal under the FBI. It also gives the FBI special hiring authority to quickly bring on qualified people to handle these transferred responsibilities. The changes would take effect 30 days after the bill becomes law, though the transition planning could begin immediately. Essentially, this is a reorganization of federal law enforcement duties designed to consolidate financial crime investigations under one agency rather than splitting them between two.

Secret Service Prioritization Act of 2025

Biggs, Andy

Secret Service Prioritization Act of 2025This bill transfers most investigative authorities of the U.S. Secret Service to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).&nbsp;Specifically, the bill transfers to the FBI the Secret Service's authority to investigate federal criminal offenses involving (1) certain misconduct in connection with government transportation requests, federal farm loans, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (2) coins, obligations, and securities of the United States and foreign governments, including counterfeiting of U.S. currency; and (3) financial and computer-based crimes, including identity theft, electronic access fraud, computer fraud, and electronic benefits transfer fraud.&nbsp;Under the bill, the Secret Service retains the authority to investigate two categories of federal criminal offenses: (1) threats against the President, President-elect, Vice President, or Vice President-elect; and (2) threats against former Presidents and certain other persons.&nbsp;