Secret Service moves under president's direct control, eliminating DHS oversight.
H.R. 8702 — Secret Service Transfer Act of 2026 · Filed by Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced May 7, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill moves the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security to the Executive Office of the President, placing it under direct presidential control. The current Secret Service Director continues in office, all personnel and assets transfer intact, and the agency maintains its structure during transition, though the President gains power to reorganize it afterward.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a structural reorganization that moves an independent federal law-enforcement and protective agency from a cabinet department into the President's immediate office, concentrating presidential authority over the agency responsible for protecting the President and investigating federal crimes.
What the text implies
- The Secret Service's investigative authority over counterfeiting, financial crimes, and identity theft—functions unrelated to presidential protection—would now operate under direct presidential supervision, potentially creating conflicts of interest or political pressure on criminal investigations.
- Removal from DHS oversight eliminates a cabinet-level check on Secret Service operations; the agency would report directly to the President rather than through a Secretary with independent statutory duties.
- The bill allows the President to reorganize the agency after transition, granting broad discretion to restructure protective and investigative functions without congressional approval or public notice.
- Presidential protection decisions (threat assessment, security protocols, personnel assignments) would now be made entirely within the President's office, eliminating external institutional review of protective adequacy or conflicts of interest.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Moving the Secret Service from an independent agency within DHS to direct presidential control removes a layer of institutional independence and oversight, concentrating protective and investigative authority in the President's immediate office. This reduces transparency and accountability in an agency responsible for presidential protection, counterfeiting investigation, and sensitive security functions—functions that benefit from distance from the subject of protection.
Named in the bill
U.S. Secret Service, Executive Office of the President, Department of Homeland Security, Director of the U.S. Secret Service
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- May 7, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- May 7, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Homeland Security and House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $580,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 19 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Jared Moskowitz, the sponsor, reported $678,646 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Greater New York Hospital Association — $580,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,857 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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